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A Telford boxer has said he is ready to return to the ring as he prepares to resume his chase for a major world title.<\/p>\n
Liam Davies suffered his first career defeat to Shabaz Masoud last year, losing his International Boxing Organisation (IBO) super bantamweight title.<\/p>\n
Since then, the 29-year-old has moved up a weight and said he had a “new perspective” of the sport he loves.<\/p>\n
“It feels like my second time around… first time, I probably didn’t appreciate it as much as I should have,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“I’d win and I’d never give myself a pat on the back, I was always on to the next thing, wanting more… you’re never really happy, you’re just chasing something instead of appreciating the now,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This time, in and out of boxing, I’m focussed on today.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Davies said he had treated the defeat as a life lesson and went back to basics, training with his dad at Donnington Boxing Club, the place where his career began. <\/p>\n
He returns to the ring in Nottingham on Saturday to face Irish Olympian Kurt Walker at featherweight.<\/p>\n
The former British and European champion said he had been avoiding social media and the drama that often surrounds the build-up to a fight.<\/p>\n
He said: “I’d read too much into that before, I’m quite an emotional person… sometimes you can get caught up in it – who cares what anyone has got to say?<\/p>\n
“I’m much better to be around, my wife says I’m happier and even my friends.<\/p>\n
“To me, if I never win another fight, I’ve completed boxing, everything I wanted to do, I’ve done.”<\/p>\n
Despite this, Davies said he was still “hungry”.<\/p>\n
“I’ve got that belief – I’ve done it all before and I know I can do it again and that starts with Kurt Walker”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n