Former world title challenger Frankie Gavin feels like he’s getting back to his best after shedding the pounds for his ring return in Birmingham next weekend. The homecoming hero is back in action with a six-round tune-up at the Holiday Inn Queensway ahead of crunch time later this year.

Gavin tops the bill of BCB Promotions offering on the Sunday afternoon of September 16, his first bout since June 2017. The show is titled ‘Bilbao Bound,’ a nod to Gavin’s trip to Spain to challenge Kerman Lejarraga for European welterweight honors on November 17. It could well be the 32-year-old’s last crack at major honors after an IBO world title fight with Bethuel Ushona that was set for Birmingham in March fell through.