BRADLEY SAUNDERS is targeting a return to the ring in September and wants to make up for lost time when he does eventually fight again.

The unbeaten light-welterweight boxer claims to have fully recovered from the injury which kept him out of a Commonwealth title fight last April and intends to take on the best out there in the talent-packed 140lbs division.

Following over two years of injury woe, the County Durham fighter is back in the gym and working hard towards a comeback. He said: “I’m in a very, very good place at the minute.

“I started punching again, the last few years have been up in the air, everyone knows that, but I’m feeling very, very good and I’m surrounded by good people at the MGM Marbella.”

Mike Hayton, a hand specialist, operated on the Beijing 2008 Olympian earlier this year after he ruptured tendons in his right hand just days ahead of his scheduled Commonwealth title challenge on April 4 against the holder, Dave ‘Rocky’ Ryan (17-8).

“It doesn’t look the best, I’ve seen better in a hospital bin but it’s brilliant, and it feels better than ever,” said Saunders, who had to repair his left hand two years earlier in December 2012 following an injury sustained in the fifth round of his fifth professional fight against Peter McDonagh.

“I’ve had injuries that would make other people retire. Other people have had one hand injury and retired but I’ve had both my hands done and I’m still going. I believe that you’ll do something if you want to do it.”

Saunders has won all 12 of his pro fights in almost three and a half years. He said: “I’m definitely fighting in October in Newcastle and I want to get a run out in September. It could be down in London but not sure on anything just yet. I’m 29 now, I don’t wanna be mucking about. I’m ready to fight anyone.”