Leigh Wood will defend his WBA featherweight title against Mauricio Lara at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on 24 September.
“I maybe have a handful of fights left and I want them to be my biggest,” said Wood, who produced a 12th-round stoppage of Michael Conlan in March.
The Nottingham Forest fan, 34, had wanted to fight at the City Ground but added: “I want to be tested. I’m filling arenas now.
“I want to keep that momentum going.”
Mexican Lara, 24, fought Josh Warrington twice in 2021, beating him at Wembley Arena before a technical draw at Headingley.
Warrington is open to fighting Wood at the City Ground and the pair could meet in 2023, after Warrington defends his IBF belt.
