A CHANCE to fight on the undercard of one of the biggest boxing events of the year has been described as “life-changing”.

Lee McGregor will be among the boxers stepping into the ring on the undercard of the rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia just four days before Christmas.

McGregor will square off against Isaac Lowe after their bout 12 months ago fell through due to the East Lothian boxer sustaining an arm injury.

McGregor, 27, was in confident mood as he got ready to fight for the third time this year.

He said: “I feel it is where I am going to announce myself.

“This is the one that is going to change my life and I believe I will be back out early in the New Year going into more big fights and life-changing opportunities.”

McGregor, who lives in Blindwells, suffered his first professional defeat last summer when he lost by decision to Erik Robles Ayala.

Since then, he has bounced back with consecutive victories, including stopping Deiner Polo in the third round in East Kilbride earlier this month.

The super featherweight felt he was getting back to his best in what proved to be a challenging bout to prepare for.

He said: “He was a relatively unknown opponent.

“There was not one bit of footage of him but I knew he was Colombian, tough and he had been stopped once in his career.

“He had knocked out an American fighter at 140lbs – that’s quite big – but that is all I knew.

“It was one of those where if I prepared right then there was no way that I would not get the win.”

Now, attention is firmly focused on taking on Lowe, who McGregor described as “tough as old boots”.

The East Lothian boxer, who will be fighting overseas for the first time in his professional career when he pulls on the gloves at the Kingdom Arena, labelled the bout as “the perfect step for me at this moment in my career”.

McGregor, who will also celebrate his birthday on Christmas Eve, told Courier Sport: “It is absolutely huge. I am going from fighting in East Kilbride and the one previous to that was in the Hilton in Glasgow and now going over to Saudi Arabia; it’s mad.

“I have experienced big nights before and I was there for Josh Taylor becoming undisputed champion in Las Vegas when there were only about 12 of us there.

“I know what it is like but it has been a few years since I have been involved. I have just got to use my experience, experience of big nights, and I have been involved in some big boxing events.

“I feel like when I am switched on and everything is going well I can be at my best, the best version of myself, then I really believe I am one of the best.”