Thursday 24 November 2016 15:26, UK
Scott Quigg will fight Jose Cayetano for the WBA international featherweight title on the undercard of Anthony Joshua v Eric Molina on December 10, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
The fight at Manchester Arena will be Quigg's first since suffering a broken jaw during his points defeat to Carl Frampton in February, when he lost his WBA super-bantamweight title.
Quigg is stepping up a division as he targets a rematch with Frampton - now the WBA 'super' featherweight champion - and a fight against IBF king Lee Selby.
"It's great to be back," said Quigg. "It's been a long road. The biggest fight of my career didn't go my way in February and I've had a broken jaw that's kept me out of the gym for a long time.
"Everyone knows that I love to be in the gym, working and learning, so it's been really tough. I'm back to living the life I love and I can't wait to be back in the ring where I belong.
"The four pounds is a lot to play with when you are big for the weight. I was still making super-bantamweight and making it safely because of how I live my life, but it was getting harder. Sometimes I was training in the gym and I was miserable, I wasn't eating as much and I was snappy.
"With the extra four pounds I've been able to let my body mature instead of holding it back and I am happier in the gym, laughing and joking but still putting in the hard work.
"I always say a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter, I feel I am going from strength to strength as I'm in the gym with a smile on my face."
Cayetano took former three-weight world champion Leo Santa Cruz the distance in 2015 and will enter the bout full of confidence having beaten Alexis Santiago in Las Vegas in September.
Quigg said: "Jose has mixed in good company, taken Santa Cruz the distance and he's coming off a good win against Santiago. This is a very good fight coming back from a broken jaw.
"I am not taking this lightly at all, I've watched him a lot, he knows what he's doing, he's cute, and it's a fight that I have to put in a top performance in and that's what I am aiming to do.
"The Manchester Arena is my home. I've had some great nights there and there are more to come. It doesn't faze me that it's where I fell short on the biggest night of my career, I want to go back and kick off those good memories again and start the ball rolling at featherweight.
"I want to be linked with Carl Frampton and Lee Selby because if I am not linked with them, I'm doing something wrong. It's no secret that I want a rematch with Carl and I would love to fight Lee too."
Quigg's return against Cayetano is part of a huge night of action in Manchester as Joshua makes the second defence of his IBF world heavyweight title against Molina.
Dillian Whyte faces bitter London rival Dereck Chisora in an official eliminator for the WBC heavyweight title while fellow heavyweights Luis Ortiz and Dave Allen also clash.
Kal Yafai can become Birmingham's first world champion but the unbeaten 27-year-old faces a tough task to take the WBA super-flyweight title from Luis Concepcion, the two-weight world champion who will enter the ring in his 11th world title outing.
Irish amateur sensation Katie Taylor boxes for the second time in the paid ranks after making her pro debut at Wembley Arena this Saturday.
Callum Smith is also in action as he defends his British super-middleweight title against Luke Blackledge and Hosea Burton will defend his British light-heavyweight title against Frank Buglioni.
Watch Scott Quigg challenge Jose Cayetano on the undercard of Joshua v Molina, on December 10, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Book the event online here.
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