Frank Martin’s return from a lengthy hiatus has motivated him and angered the former lightweight contender.

Premier Boxing Champions announced Tuesday that Martin will encounter Cuba’s Rances Barthelemy in a 10-round junior welterweight bout October 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Martin-Barthelemy will be the featured fight on Amazon’s Prime Video portion of the Sebastian Fundora-Keith Thurman pay-per-view undercard.

Martin (18-1, 12 KOs), a native of Detroit, will fight for the first time since WBA lightweight champ Gervonta Davis knocked him out in the eighth round of their title fight in June 2024 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

“I’m excited to be back after people tried to bash me for taking one loss,” Martin said. “I took it as a lesson learned and I’m back mentally and physically at the top of my game. Rances is gonna have to deal with everything I went through, and he’s gonna feel it on every punch. I’m back and I’m pissed off and dangerous.”

Davis led Martin by only one point, 67-66, on each scorecard when the powerful southpaw knocked Martin flat on his back and out in the eighth round.

Martin, 30, will compete as a full-fledged 140-pound fighter for the first time in six years when the skillful southpaw boxes Barthelemy, who was once a WBA secondary champ in their division.

Barthelemy (30-3-1, 15 KOs, 1 NC) will end an even longer layoff than Martin. The 39-year-old veteran hasn’t competed since he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to former WBC/WBO champ Jose Ramirez (29-3, 18 KOs) in April 2024 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

“October 25 is the night I remind everyone who Rances Barthelemy is,” Barthelemy said. “Frank Martin is a talented fighter, but I’ve been in deep waters before, and experience counts when the lights are brightest. I’m coming with new hunger, sharper focus, and the fire of a man chasing one more world title run. Fans tuning in are going to see me determined to leave everything in the ring. I’m not here to survive, I’m here to dominate and make sure my name is back on everyone’s radar.”

The Prime Video portion of the Fundora-Thurman undercard will also include a 10-round lightweight bout in which 19-year-old, Las Vegas-based prospect Kaipo Gallegos (10-0-1, 8 KOs) will meet Colombian veteran Nike Theran (20-1, 14 KOs). The three-bout Prime Video stream is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT) with Dominican junior lightweight contender Luis Nunez (21-0, 14 KOs) in a 10-rounder against Argentina’s Hector Sosa (18-3, 9 KOs).

Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs), of Coachella, California, is set to defend his WBC super welterweight title against Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs, 1 NC), a former WBA/WBC welterweight champ from Clearwater, Florida, in the 12-round main event. The Fundora-Thurman fight will headline a four-fight pay-per-view show scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT; $74.99).