Olympic bronze medal winner David Price, 35-years-old, feels motivated to continue his career - with the goal of securing major fights.

Back in March, Price was knocked out in five rounds by Alexander Povetkin. The contest was a featured attraction at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, as part of a card that was headlined by the heavyweight unification between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker.

And now Povetkin moves forward with a showdown against Joshua on September 22nd at Wembley in London.

Price will now return against Sean Turner on October 5th at Belfast's Titanic Exhibition Centre.

He admit that he took a pass on a potential fight with rising heavyweight Sergey Kuzmin on the Joshua-Povetkin card - to admittedly take an easier fight with Turner (12-3, 8 KOs), who is coming off a knockout loss to Nathan Gorman.

"The temptation was definitely there (to fight Kuzmin). I really enjoyed the (fight) in Cardiff, even though the outcome wasn't what I wanted," Price told Daily Mail. "The Kuzmin fight is a winnable fight but I need to be playing the numbers game really with the probabilities and statistics. Does Sean Turner have a better chance of beating me than Kuzmin? I don't think so but that was the risk I was willing to take.

"I was going to earn a lot more money to fight Kuzmin but I'm looking at the bigger picture. I need to get these types of fights with Sean Turner in and then maybe someone else after that and go from there. Instead of jumping straight back in the deep end."

While there are many who are calling for his retirement, Price believes a string of wins will get him back in contention for a major fight.

Price believes, at his age, there is still more than enough time to get himself back in the mix and make things happen for his career.

"Two good wins and I'm back in there, I'm back on everyone's lips again as a potential challenger in big fights. There are that many heavyweights now who are big names and good fighters so there are plenty of fights to be made. But I'm 35, I still believe I have a little bit of time on my side where I can play it a little bit differently without jumping straight back in the deep end," Price said.

"And that's no disrespect intended towards Sean Turner because I believe this is a real fight, he's good fighter and he's something to prove himself. But it was a risk I was willing to take for the bigger picture."