David Price is back in a few days’ time.

The former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion had been set to return next month in his home city of Liverpool.

Price was named as part of the supporting cast to Callum Smith’s WBA Super, Ring Magazine and WBC Diamond world super-middleweight title defence against mandatory challenger and fellow Brit John Ryder on November 23 at the M&S Bank Arena.

But after Joseph Parker withdrew from his clash against Dereck Chisora through injury, on the undercard of the World Boxing Super Series super-lightweight tournament final at the O2 Arena, ex-European heavyweight champ Chisora was left without an opponent.

Enter Price.

The 36-year-old took a call a week or so ago to agree terms for the fight against the man formerly known as ‘Del Boy’, who is said to be training himself for the fight after leaving Dave Coldwell.

And Price sees Chisora as a potential stepping stone to bigger and better things, having come back from some deep, dark days.

“I’m proud of myself for sticking in there and persevering. A lot of people said I should have packed it in a couple of years ago but if you keep listening to negativity, it’ll drag you down,” he said.

Price is heading in on the back of a three-fight domestic winning streak, having beaten Tom Little last December and Kash Ali in March before forcing Dave Allen to retire after 10 rounds of their clash at the O2 back in July.

“There have been times,” he says, “when I was wondering whether it was right to keep going but the boxing Gods have been good to me and these last 18 months have been a rollercoaster. It’s been great and we’re near the top now.

“I’ve got good momentum and I’m confident going into this fight, even though I was stating to everyone who spoke to me that I wouldn’t be taking any unnecessary fights unless the reward outweighed the risk, and I feel the stars are aligning and I believe things are going to fall into place. I just trust things are going to happen for me in there. I believe it’s my time.

“The Dave Allen win was a massive one for me because I think I showed what I’m about more in that one than in any other fight and with what I got out of it, and seeing the joy it brought to those around me, it was great because I got that winning buzz back.”

Calling people out has never really been Price’s style –– he’s always been the one called out or even called upon in times of need. But that could all change if he beats Chisora, who has had a new lease of life of late under the management of David Haye, on Saturday, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN Stateside.

“A big win here and there are the very biggest fights out there for me,” he continued. “If I get this job done, you might hear me thrown out a couple of names. The next level up is the big ones so there’s a lot at stake. The support I get from people is nice. It’s good to have that positive energy in your direction.

“I’m going to carry all that support into the ring and hopefully do the job everyone expects me not to do.”