Paul ‘Bomber’ Brown of Cliffsend, Ramsgate, aims to beat Bromley’s Jack Owen for the Southern Area title at London’s York Hall

Paul Brown is out to finish his boxing career on a high.

The unbeaten light-heavyweight, of Cliffsend, Ramsgate, will face Jack Owen at London’s York Hall this Saturday for the Southern Area title before the 33-year-old father calls it a day.

It’s a venue “Bomber” Brown is familiar with.

He said: “It’s a brilliant venue. You can’t beat that venue. The atmosphere is great.

“This is going to be my last fight. I’m calling it a day after this one.

“I’ve always said from day one, when I was amateur and I was unlicensed and couldn’t box, I just used to get into a tear-up with everyone. I was a bit of a boy that liked to have a tear-up.

“But I always said I’d like to win the Southern Area title. Everyone used to write me off and say ‘Nah, you won’t ever get that far’ - look at it now.

“I’ve got that far and I’m about to box for it.

“I’ve got family and kids at the ages where now they want to start doing after-school clubs and my boy wants to play football. They don’t live with me, as well, so I want to spend a bit more time with my kids and concentrate on my career.

“I’m coming up to 34 so I’m not a young whippersnapper now.”

Brown already has an idea of what he wants to do next, though, and has started mentoring at Ramsgate Boxing Club while he intends to take up golf.

“I’ve spoken to my coach and he said I could go further,” he said. “But I don’t want to. I want to concentrate on my career.

“I’ll do a bit of coaching down at Ramsgate Boxing Club, which I’ve started doing in the last couple of weeks. I feel the kids listen to me.

“I’ve got a lot of boxing knowledge - I’ve been doing it since 15 or 16.

“I’d like to pass some of that onto them so, hopefully, if there’s a couple of lads having trouble - like I was - they can be