Cox is ready for his Swindon bout

Swindon boxing hero Jamie Cox is top of the bill as professional fighting returns to his home town on Friday.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist takes on experienced professional welterweight Billy Smith.

It is the second time the two have met in the past six months after Cox beat Smith on points in a six-round bout at the NIA in Birmingham in June.

Cox told BBC Wiltshire: "It's going to be a great buzz fighting in front of my hometown crowd."

"To be training here with my coach Paddy Fitzpatrick at the Boxing Academy, and to fight in Swindon makes it so much easier.

He's a really tough opponent, he's got a head like an iron bar Jamie Cox

"There's no extra pressure as far as I'm concerned, there'll be lots of people here that I know cheering me on, but I've got to blank that out and be completely focussed when I step into the ring.

"Billy Smith is well known in the game, he's been around a long time and had a lot of fights in his career. He's a really tough opponent, and he's got a head like an iron bar.

"I beat him before, and it was a tough fight, but those who saw that fight are going to see a different Jamie Cox this time around, my plan is to startle him."

Cox's fight is one of seven on the bill at the 'Professionals Are Back' boxing show at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon.

The other feature fight sees Swindon's Marlon Reid taking on Gary Cooper at super-middleweight.