WORLD champion boxer Scott Quigg is determined to secure an early Christmas present on Saturday by beating Diego Silva and keeping the WBA Super-bantamweight belt in Bury.

The 25-year-old defends his title against the Argentine at Manchester’s Phones4U Arena as the chief support on the all-British clash between Carl Froch and George Groves.

And after an impressive majority points victory over Yoandris Salinas in London last month, Quigg is back in the ring gunning to extend his unbeaten professional record to 27-0-2.

It is the biggest fight to date for Quigg and one he is relishing.

He told Bury Times: “I have the world title and want to keep hold of it.

“I will not stop here. I want to keep winning and moving on to big things.

“Silva is a tough fight. He has lost twice – his last defeat was against a three-weight world champion which is no shame.

“He has been on a winning run since.

“He is aggressive and a different style to my last fight against Salinas.

“He is unorthodox and hard to read so I have prepared really well studying him and trying to figure out what I need to do.

“Joe (Gallagher, trainer) and the team has come up with a game-plan like they always do. The training camp has been good.

“It is about improving again because you can never stop improving.

“I had three days off after the last fight and then was straight back in the gym.

“Salinas is a world-class fighter and anybody who says different does not know boxing.

“He had 317 amateur fights and has won 306; he was unbeaten as a professional and signed by Golden Boy Promotions and avoided in America.

“People may see how good my performance was then because he is the best I have been in with.

“It gives me confidence that I dealt with him and learned a lot from that fight.”

Fighting down the road from his hometown in Manchester will mean a lot of support for Quigg on the night.

And after tasting the Arena atmosphere on the undercard of Ricky Hatton’s final fight a year ago to the weekend, he cannot wait to walk out there again.

Quigg added: “This time I am chief support on Froch v Groves so when I come out there should be 18-19,000 inside. That is something you dream of.

“The big stage is where I want to be and what excites me. The more people there, the more I thrive on it.

“It is what you want – it gives me the biggest buzz.”

Log on to www.burytimes.co.uk on Saturday night for round-by-round coverage of Quigg v Silva.