James Dickens reckons he could be in with a shot at an all-British showdown.

The IBO featherweight champion has been out of the ring since winning the title back in October last year.

Dickens, who is a former British champion at the weight and has also previously challenged for the IBF crown, outpointed Lerato Dlamini in his home city of Liverpool.

‘Jazza’, who holds a win over former WBA champion Leigh Wood, won the fight against South Africa’s Dlamini on all three judges’ scorecards, atop a Probellum-promoted card that featured another win for his fellow Scouser Peter McGrail.

The 31-year-old (32-4, 12 KOs) has had no date mooted for the first defence of his bauble –– but he mentioned Josh Warrington as a potential future foe on social media.

Warrington, as reported by Boxing Scene’s Jake Donovan recently, is expected to return on June 10, potentially at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London, in a headline slot on a DAZN show.

And Dickens revealed earlier this week that he has done all he can to secure the fight with the ex-IBF king.

“I accepted everything that they offered me,” he said when speaking to BoxingScene.com in a telephone call. “That was it, that was the date, June 10, at Wembley [Arena].

“I’m just waiting now to hear back from them to see what they want to do.”

Eddie Hearn, Warrington’s promoter who Dickens targeted on social media when calling out the Leeds man, recently stated that a call would take place to see who would be in the opposite corner, should he end up getting out on that date.

Warrington, 32, has been out of action since December when he succumbed his red, gold and white crown to Mexican mandatory challenger Luis Alberto Lopez at the First Direct Arena in Yorkshire, exclusively live on DAZN.

The two-time king has a ledger of 31-2-1 with eight quick finishes and a fight with Dickens is now on the table after it was initially thought that Warrington’s opponent would be Christopher Diaz (27-4, 17 KOs).

“I was looking at his record and looking at the rankings, just to see where he is,” Dickens added, “and I couldn’t find him.

“I think it’s mad if they fight him and don’t agree to fight me because I’m a good fight for him and it’s a good scrap between us.”

Ellie Scotney will finally get her shot at a world title on the card when she takes on Australia’s Cherneka Johnson for the IBF super-bantamweight crown and Nina Hughes will make the first defence of the WBA world bantamweight title she won against Jamie

Mitchell in Dubai last November when she meets former titlist Shannon Courtenay.

Johnny Fisher will fight for his first title over 10 rounds against an opponent to be confirmed and Cheavon Clarke is set to fight in an official final eliminator for the British cruiserweight title against David Jamieson.

Other championship fights are expected to round off the card that promoter Eddie Hearn believes will be announced in the coming days.