Watford's Elliott Matthews hopes he and Mickey Helliet can achieve big things in 2015 after the Southern Area middleweight champion signed a three-year deal with the promoter.

Matthews has been managed by Helliet since he turned professional in 2012 and the 33-year-old Watford FC fan is unbeaten in 14 bouts.

He takes on Konstantin Alexandrov at Harrow Leisure Centre on Saturday looking to extend that record and is then aiming to break into the top ten English middleweight fighters.

“I am feeling confident,” Matthews said. “It has been a while since my last fight but I don’t think that is going to affect my performance.

“If anything, it has given me the opportunity to improve and grow as a fighter. Saturday’s fight is just the start of what I want to achieve this year with Mickey.

“I have known him a long time and we have a good thing going. There wasn’t any hesitation in signing a new deal with him.

“He is helping my career grow and is thinking about the right fights for me. I am confident I can win on Saturday and then I am looking at one a possible fight against someone in that top ten.

“If I can get that and win, it would move me into that bracket. That is where I want to be. I want to be in that top ten.”

Bulgarian fighter Alexandrov has won three and lost four of his professional contests, the last of which came against Lancashire fighter Luke Blackledge in November.

Whilst he is confident of another victory, Matthews will not take the 25-year-old lightly.

“Once you step through the ropes you have an idea what will happen but you truly never know. All it takes is one punch and that is it.

“So I am going to be at my best and will cut no corners. It is only down the road in Harrow as well and I’ve worked hard to sell tickets.

“It will certainly be the closest I will ever fight to my home in Watford. Hopefully a few people will come down after the Hornets game on Saturday night and watch.

“If not, then it is also being shown on Eurosport.

“So people can get home, have a cup of tea and watch me box from their sofas.

“The fact it is on TV is important for my exposure. It will help boost my profile as a boxer. I will be fighting in front of a couple of hundred of my fans on Saturday, hopefully next year that is 5,000.”