MARTIN Murray is back in action again on Saturday just three weeks since clinically dispatching his previous opponent inside two rounds.

This time out he will take on Croatian southpaw Mirzet Bajrektarevic, who normally fights at light heavyweight, in a scheduled eight rounder on the undercard of a big night of world title boxing at the Manchester Arena.

Although it is another tune-up fight it is all part of Murray’s plan to strike while the iron is hot and build a profile in the super middleweight division under the guidance of his new promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom.

Warrington-based Murray explained: “The idea is to get my name out there and do what should have happened after the Sturm and Martinez fights when everything went quiet and nothing was capitalised on.

“I have come off the Golovkin fight and changed promoters, Eddie Hearn knows the score and wants me out as regularly as he can to get me established at super middle and raise my profile.”

Murray’s debut at super middleweight saw him finish George Beroshvili with a brutal body shot in front of an enthusiastic Barmy Army – and he is looking to carry on building from that positive start in and out of the ring.

“Liverpool was brilliant – I had my regulars there, the die-hards, but there were also plenty of close mates who couldn’t afford Monte Carlo," said Murray, whose roots are in St Helens but has a growing support base in Warrington where he now lives with his young family

“I was pleased some people could come to Liverpool having not being able to watch me for years. All the old school Barmy Army got back together and everyone loved it.”

Unlike the unconvincing ‘comedown’ performances Murray produced after his first two high octane world title challenges the 32-year-old Fingerpost fighter showed he means business in his new division.

Murray said: “It was a clinical performance but it’s what I needed to do. I am not banging any drums over who I beat but I won the way I am supposed to as opposed to the couple of bad performances directly after the Martinez and Sturm fights.

“It kind of went hand in glove, with me moving up a weight which made me feel better, also I had signed with Matchroom, there's good buzz there about me signing and Echo arena - I wanted to fight there since I went to a show there in 2007.

“Everything came together - and it felt like I was getting looked after.

“But the main one is feeling good at the weight. My trainer Oliver (Harrison) said he can see the change in me and it’s like I’m back to my old self when I first started training. I’m loving it.”

Even taking into account Carl Froch’s decision to hang up his gloves this week, the super middleweight division is awash with British talent which could make for some mouth-watering match-ups in the future, especially if there is a world title at stake.

The picture will become clearer as the summer rolls into the autumn, with George Groves tackling Badou Jack for the WBC world belt in August, and on Saturday Arthur Abraham defends his WBO strap against Robert Stieglitz in Germany.

Britain’s number one in the division is IBF title holder James DeGale, whose only defeat is the points loss to Groves in 2011.

Having spent years following the middleweights and seeking routes to title fights, Murray admits to still getting into the super middle scene and the route that the champions and key challengers take.

“Eddie (Hearn) knows he can throw me in with anyone of them, but he wants to build me and build those fights so when they come around they are massive fights rather than simply big," he said.