Light-middleweight Lee Cutler has said that he has been promised a homecoming headline fight in Bournemouth if he comes through against opponent Stephen McKenna on Saturday.

The two will collide on the undercard of Natasha Jonas’ bout in Liverpool, where she will look to unify her IBF title with Ivana Habazin’s WBC welterweight crown.

Cutler, known as “The Chaos”, has been out of the ring for a year, most recently beating Londoner Kingsley Egbunike to claim the English title in December 2023.

The 28-year-old said that on a recent trip to Saudi Arabia while supporting gym mate Chris Billam-Smith, he had a conversation with promoter Ben Shalom, who promised that he would headline with Cutler if he is successful on Saturday.

“This has always been the goal but I’m trying not to focus on that too much,” Cutler told BBC Sport.

“I’ve got to get through Stevie first and when I do I’ll be going up to Ben and making sure he does make that happen for me.

“I feel I was meant to be in this position at this time of my life and I’m now ready for the biggest fight of my career.”

Cutler is part of the McGuigan gym under the leadership of trainer Josh Pritchard.

He made the switch to London more than a year ago, moving from a local gym in Dorset after the summer of 2023.

He has spent the past year sparring and preparing with boxers such as gym mate Adam Azim and Jimmy Sains, as well as with Chris Eubank Jr in the build-up to his most recent bout.

Aside from his 14 professional wins, he has just one defeat to his name, losing by TKO to now light-heavyweight Bradley Rea in 2021.