Judgement day for Lyndsey Scragg

Wolverhampton's first female boxer Lyndsey Scragg warns she will be an entirely different proposition for her third shot at a major world title.

Scragg has gone to the other side of the world to pursue her dream and will challenge Erin McGowan for the vacant WBO crown, at the Joondalup Arena in Western Australia tonight.

It's a step up from super feather to lightweight and probably the last chance for Scragg on the big stage, after points losses for WBC and WBA titles in Canada and the United States respectively.

The 31-year-old flew out last weekend after putting the finishing touches to months of preparation at Wolverhampton's Firewalker gym, with trainer Joby Clayton - who will double up as cut man - and her brother Michael joining her on the trip.

This week has been all about tuning up for fight night and acclimatising to her new surroundings, before tonight's showdown in which she will give away home advantage in a world title fight for the third time.

Scragg's last fight saw her put down WBA champion Kina Malpartida in California but not get the decision, which has made her believe she can now go one better.

She said: "This is the most prepared I have ever been, I have never felt this good for a fight and I feel like a completely different boxer.

"I haven't trained for this for the past 10 weeks, I have been training for the past 10 months, ever since I got back from America.

"I put a big fighter down last time, so I know I have the capabilities to punch, but we have worked on strength for so long that I can hit even harder now.

"I am so much more skilful as well, being defensive and offensive, ready to attack on the front and back foot.

"Fast hands, fast movement - we have got angles coming out of our ears for this one."

McGowan is less experienced than Scragg's previous opponents on the world stage, Malpartida and WBC champion Jelena Mrdjenovich, but is a naturally bigger fighter at the weight.

But Scragg believes she can offset that with sheer aggression, then use her experience in the big fights to avoid and counter the big punch that has put away seven out of the 14 opponents before her.

She said: "This girl has had a good amateur career but she has not boxed anybody proven professionally, nobody has ever pushed her back.

"But she has got a good all-round package - she's aggressive, for a tall fighter she can box on the inside and outside and she's a good athlete."