SEAN McGoldrick can’t wait to fight on Welsh soil for the first time in four years tomorrow night – and what a homecoming it is set to be for the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.

Unbeaten Newport bantamweight McGoldrick faces Southampton’s Ricky Little over four rounds at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff ahead of Anthony Joshua’s world title clash with New Zealander Joseph Parker.

Some 80,000 fans are expected to pack into the home of Welsh rugby and 26-year-old McGoldrick is one of three boxers from the principality hoping to impress on the big stage.

Joe Cordina and Morgan Jones, former St Joseph’s stablemates of McGoldrick, are also appearing on the undercard of Joshua and Parker’s world heavyweight unification showdown.

For McGoldrick, his last appearance in Wales before this weekend came back in March 2014 when he beat Joshua John to become Welsh amateur champion at 56kg.

“That feels like a long time ago,” he said.

“I didn’t think at the time that I wouldn’t fight in Wales again for another four years. If anyone had told me that back then I would have laughed at them.”

A bronze medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games followed that victory over John and three years later McGoldrick made his professional debut, clinching the first of four straight wins.

He goes for a fifth tomorrow night against an opponent who is also finding his feet in the paid ranks and has three successes and a draw from six outings.

His most recent bout was just last month and ended in a first-round knockout by world title challenger Charlie Edwards.

McGoldrick has enjoyed the build-up to the show, even if he was a little nervous performing his first public workout and press conference on Wednesday and yesterday respectively.

“I’ve definitely not experienced anything like this before,” he added.

“It’s a special occasion and I’m really looking forward to fight night.

“It’s nerve-racking but at the same time exciting and Saturday can’t come soon enough.

“My fight is going to be what they call a live floater so I could go into the ring at any time, it depends if other fights finish early or not.

“Hopefully I’ll get a good slot before the main event and my fight will be shown on television as well.”

And as for Little, he said: “I couldn’t find too much about him, only bits and pieces, but that’s okay.

“He’s had six fights and he’s got a winning record so I know he’s going to come to win.

“From the Charlie Edwards fight I know he’s game and I’m expecting him to come and test me in a different way to how I’ve been tested before.”

Meanwhile, Cordina (6-0) takes on Belgium’s Hakim Ben Ali for the vacant WBA international lightweight crown, and super-middle Jones (12-0) looks to preserve his unblemished record against New Zealander Mose Auimatagi Jnr over six rounds.