Gary Cornish hopes to seize his chance to win a British heavyweight title against Sam Sexton after rebuilding his career following the defeat to Anthony Joshua.
The Scotsman lost his unbeaten record in a first-round defeat to Joshua in 2015, but the 29-year-old has since linked up with new trainer Billy Nelson and will battle Sexton for the vacant British belt, which was relinquished by Dillian Whyte.
Cornish faces Revaz Karelishvili next weekend as he seeks a third successive victory since that setback at The O2 and admits it will be a 'dream' to claim the Lonsdale title.
"I've got a fight next Saturday, so I want to concentrate on that first, but I'm obviously happy I've got the title shot," Cornish told Sky Sports.
"I don't think a Scotsman has ever fought for it. It will mean everything. That's what you get into boxing for, to win titles, and fighting for the British title is every boxer's dream so I'm no different than everyone else.
"I have seen Sam spar up in Scotland with Dereck Chisora. I was supposed to fight him a couple of years ago, but it never happened. I'm delighted to be fighting him, if I beat the next guy, and it will be good to share the ring with him."
After defeating Cornish, Joshua needed just two more fights to claim the IBF heavyweight title, and the Inverness man does not look back at that night with any bitterness.
Cornish said: "Obviously the Joshua fight, what happened, happened, but the thing with boxing - one punch landed and that can change a fight. That's what happened on the night.
"Glad to be back now, getting a few wins, and now I'm working with Billy, everything is improving.
"No regrets, except losing obviously. I went in there thinking I could beat him and nothing changed. I would do it all over again. It was a brilliant learning curve for me, the arena, the crowd, it was just a brilliant experience for me."
Nelson has previously guided the career of world champion Ricky Burns and has scaled down Cornish from 19st 7lbs to 17st 13lbs during just a few weeks of training.
"The improvement in six weeks has been quite staggering," said Nelson. "Hopefully he can make a wee statement next week and then it's all gun's blazing for the Sam Sexton fight.
"Sam is a tough, durable boxer, but I would like to think Gary will be too fast, too slick, too quick for him."