STOURBRIDGE'S Sam Eggington will finally make his super-welterweight debut this Saturday.

The former European welterweight champ will step up to 154lb for the first time when he fights Achilles Szabo over six rounds in Liverpool.

The fight is on the undercard of Amir Khan's clash with Phil Lo Greco at the Echo Arena, live on Sky Sports.

'The Savage' had originally been set for action on the undercard of Kell Brook’s battle with Sergey Rabchenko in March before injury put back his debut at a new weight class.

Eggington made the call to step up a weight class after his split-decision defeat to Frenchman Mohamed Mimoune in October, when the weight cut proved too much of a burden on fight-night as his European strap was taken away.

However, the gritty 24-year-old now thinks campaigning at super-welterweight will bring out even more improvement as he targets more big fights and a world title tilt.

He said: "I'm really happy to get back working towards the next fight now and I'm looking forward to a big year.

"It's a real relief more than anything to move up in weight because I can't explain just how much of a struggle it was for me trying to make 10 stone 7lbs.

"I stayed longer at welterweight because I didn't want to give up my title and was getting big fights, but I was always depleted.

"But I've got that spring back now and can't wait to get going again."