History-maker Peter Buckley is aiming to bow out of professional boxing with a win on Friday night in what will be his 300th - and last - fight.

And for one of the few times in his career, the Birmingham man will be in the home corner at the Aston Events Centre on a Frank Warren promoted show headlined by Don Broadhurst.

Buckley, 39, turned professional in 1989 with a six-round draw in Stafford, and has gone on to have 299 fights, spanning 1,734 rounds and racking up 31 wins, 12 draws...and 256 losses.

But that final figure doesn't look too bad once Buckley's opponents have been factored in.

Dozens of unbeaten prospects litter his record, and in all, he's fought 42 future British, Commonwealth, European or World champions, including the likes of Duke McKenzie, Scott Harrison, Naseem Hamed, Michael Brodie, Gavin Rees and Colin McMillian.

Things will be a little easier on Friday when "The Professor" tackles Matin Mohammed - a man he drew with in Nottingham earlier this month - and becomes one of just a handful of fighters who have racked up 300 fights.

"It's great to get my final fight in my home city, but I'm not sure about being in the home corner," said Buckley.

"When the bell goes between rounds I'm not sure if I'll know where to go!

"Win lose or draw, this is definitely my last fight.

"I've had my eye on the 300 mark for a while, and it's a little milestone I want to acheive, but I don't want to fight on.

"People keep saying to me that I'll get a call in a few weeks time offering me a fight and I'll say yes, but I mean it when I say this it.

"It will be fantastic to bow out in a city where I've not fought for years. Plenty of my mates are coming along to the show to cheer me on.

"Boxing has been good to me over the years. When I was a youngster I was in trouble with the police, a really wild kid.

"But the sport has given me a focus in life and kept me on the straight and narrow.

"I don't know what I'll do when it's all over on Friday, but I'd love to stay in boxing in one capacity or another.

"I've had a few high points in the sport, but my proudest was when I went to Austria and took on Harald Geler for an intercontinental WBA title.

"He'd been knocking a few people out but he was nothing special and I had him over in the ninth round, but ended up losing on points over 12.

"There's been some lows as well, and I definitely won't miss getting punched in the face for a living!"

Buckley, who twice won Midlands Area super-featherweight title fights, says the best man he ever fought was McKenzie, one of only 10 fights in which he has been stopped.

He's probably most famous for accepting fights on as little as one hour's notice - but says he is not bothered by the short-notice demands of promoters.

"I'm always in the gym, so if I get a call a couple of hours before a fight, I usually say yes," said Buckley.

"If you phone up a bricklayer and ask him to build you a wall, he doesn't ask for three weeks to prepare. He comes round and does it straight away. Why should a boxer be any different?"