Pickering has 30 wins from 35 fights

Pickering lost his British, European and Commonwealth titles to Michael Hunter in 2005 and lost to current European king Bernard Dunne last year.

"I would love revenge. I feel I beat Hunter and losing to him held up my career," said Pickering, 30.

"I'll show I'm ready for bigger fights against Marc Callaghan."

Pickering added: "Marc is an experienced boxer, better than his record suggests and he gave Hunter two good fights so I'm expecting a real fight.

"A lot of people have written me off because I have been beaten at European level, but it wasn't like I was out of my depth.

"I've got no excuses for Dunne. It was overwhelming boxing over in Ireland, but I chucked it away.

"He didn't beat me up, he just out-boxed me later on. I had been inactive for a while before and that didn't help.

"I would love to get revenge over those two and I have great belief I will be world champion one day."

Pickering, who has 30 wins from 35 fights, bounced back from the Dunne defeat by outpointing Frenchman Frederic Gosset in January.

Callaghan, 29, has 19 wins from 30 encounters and has fought for the British title once before, losing to Hunter in 2004.