GARY Buckland is looking forward to the prospect of fighting on home soil again this autumn after a successful return to the ring in Cardiff.

Currently campaigning at lightweight, Buckland is expected to drop to super-featherweight when promoter Frank Warren follows up Saturday’s Ice Arena Wales show with another in September.

Buckland, trained by Tony Borg at St Joseph’s Boxing Club in Newport, enjoyed the biggest wins of his career at 130lbs before moving up to lightweight in 2014.

The 30-year-old was relatively happy with his narrow points defeat of Ellesmere Port’s Matty Fagan last weekend and his main aim now is to regain the British super-featherweight title.

If he does that then Buckland, who defended the crown twice in 2012 before losing it to Stephen Smith the following year, would have done enough to keep the Lonsdale belt.

“Frank Warren is going to be bringing boxing back to Cardiff in September,” said Buckland.

“Maybe my next fight will be for a title or an eliminator for the British. I’m fighting at lightweight at the moment but I want to come down to super-featherweight eventually.”

Saturday’s 58-57 victory over Fagan was Buckland’s 31st as a pro and came 10 months after his previous outing.

And it was one the Welshman achieved despite picking up an injury in the second round.

“I felt good and I’m glad I won,” he added. “I picked up an injury in the second round but it didn’t affect me too much.

“I wanted to do a lot more during the fight but the injury meant I couldn’t quite go at it as hard as I had planned to.

“I was still comfortable and pleased to come back with a win – that was my aim after all. After 10 months out I felt fresh and that was a real bonus. I went in there to do my job and I did it.

“He was no journeyman, he was there to get the win, and for me to get to where I want to be I had to beat him.”