Miles Shinkwin has ramped up the pressure ahead of his October English light-heavyweight title fight with Tom Baker in October, saying he will "probably retire" from the sport if he is beaten.

Shinkwin was announced as the mandatory challenger to Baker's title this week, and the pair will clash at Harrow Leisure Centre for the BBBofC belt he won in March.

It will mark the first high-profile fight for the Bushey fighter since he was beaten to the British title in February, when he was knocked out by Hosea Burton in Manchester.

He told the Watford Observer the fight was "win or bust" but was confident that he could be come the first man to beat the Chingford-based fighter.

He said: "I let myself down in my last fight, and it's probably win or bust now. If I lose, that's probably the end of my boxing career and it's going to be all or nothing.

"I hope I can show my full ability this time around, because it's win or bust. But I will beat Tom Baker, and decisively."

A fifth-round win over Eric Mokonzo in Bethnal Green last month marked Shinkwin's first bout since the Burton defeat, but he is waiting until his October fight before he can finally put it to the back of his mind.

He said: "I don't think losing will ever go out of my head until I get a chance to put it right. It doesn't affect me as such, I didn't do it on the night.

"It's not like I boxed the best I could and got beat. I was a couple of rounds from knocking him out. If that was me at my worst, then it'll be different when I'm at my best."