BRADLEY Pryce’s 60th professional fight earlier this year will not be his last after the former Commonwealth champion received the all-clear to continue boxing.

Pryce, who turns 36 next Wednesday, had announced his retirement following a fourth-round stoppage by Zach Parker on January 21.

The Newport-born light-middleweight then said he would wait for the results of a medical assessment to see if he was able to carry on.

Pryce feared that an issue with his left eye, which gave him problems during the loss to Parker in Preston, would bring an end to his career in the ring.

However, he has been told that the matter won’t affect his ability to box, and there are already plans in the pipeline for his 61st outing in the paid ranks.

“I thought I had double vision but never really had it checked out,” he said. “I used to lie my way through eye tests but this time I wanted to be open.

“I explained the problem and they said I had it when I first turned pro but now I wasn’t able to control it as much.

“It’s a weakness in my left eye but there is stuff I can do, techniques I can use, to help it.

“I had to send a doctor’s letter off to the board (British Boxing Board of Control) to say I’d been checked over.

“I rang them up and they said everything was okay, so now I’m looking forward to getting back in the ring.

“It’s a relief to know now what the problem is with my eye – I did think it was something to do with my brain.”

He added: “I’m now in full-time training getting my fitness back and could be fighting in April.

“I had a call to see if I would fight for the Welsh light-middleweight title but that could mean me having to sell tickets.

“There could be a fight somewhere in England, or maybe in Ireland in May, so there are options for me – I’m not finished just yet.”

Pryce made his professional debut in July 1999, on a show in Doncaster which also featured Ricky Hatton.

‘Sugar Sweet’ would outpoint Dave Hinds over four rounds and go on to win his next 15 fights.

He then suffered his first defeat in August 2002 when Ted Bami stopped him right at the end of their six-round clash in Cardiff.

Pryce lost five of his next nine and wasn’t fancied to dethrone Commonwealth light-middleweight king Ossie Duran in March 2006.

However, spurred on by his fans at the Newport Centre, Pryce, part of Enzo Calzaghe’s Newbridge stable of boxers, took the title on points.

His three-year reign as champion was brought to an abrupt end by Matthew Hall in a devastating second-round loss in Manchester.

A failed attempt to win the Commonwealth middleweight crown followed in 2012, since when he has lost 11 of 16 bouts.