Boxing: Dodson jumps back into the firing line.

Byline: Nick Peet

TONY DODSON jumps straight back into the lions den next Saturday when he plays chief support to new European lightweight champion Nicky Cook in south Wales.

The Garston ``Warrior'' will make the first defence of his WBF Intercontinental super-middleweight belt against undefeated Pole Albert Rybacki and he can't afford to make the same mistakes he did in his last fight.

Dodson paid the price of a hectic run-up to his last bout - when he edged his way to the WBF interim title at Everton Park last month.

A lack of quality sparring coupled with the birth of his first child ruined the 22-year-old's preparation and he looked tired and labouring in the ring, eventually winning courtesy of a tireless final round effort.

Next week's challenger Rybacki is 31-years-old, but only turned pro in March 2000 and has since gone on to extend his record to 11 straight victories.

He's a natural super-middleweight and arrives in Britain with a Polish camera crew in tow, backing him as on of the country's brightest young talents.

Dodson however has put his professional life in order. He's been in London all week sparring with a handful of the fighters currently rated around him in the domestic division and he knows that the pressure is on.