HAROON Khan is planning a return to the boxing ring in February but admits his biggest battle is with his mum Falak.

The younger of Bolton's Khan boxing brothers, 23-year-old Haroon admits his decision to turn professional 18 months ago still does not sit well with his mum who was against him boxing at all after seeing punishment dished out to elder sibling Amir earlier in his career.

Haroon is five fights into his professional career and has won all five to date.

But a recent shoulder injury has kept the super flyweight sidelined and he says his mum still wants him to walk away from following in his brother's footsteps.

Speaking exclusively to The Bolton News, Khan said: "First of all I have a big fight against my mum because she is still against me boxing.

"That’s the biggest opponent I have at the minute.

"I have said to her at least let me go for an English or British title and then see what happens.

"Amir has never fought for one of those so it would be good to get all the belts home in the family.

"I am going to try and make a deal with my mum to get to British or even European level and win a title.

"It’s in my favour up to now.

"I enjoy it and the last thing I want to do is look back in the future and wonder what could have been."

The younger Khan's last outing in June saw him beat Csaba Kovacs on points in his home-town at the Macron Stadium.

He had hoped to be back out in September but a shoulder injury prevented that and he has had to bide his time for a comeback.

Scans on the injury have not revealed any major problem, however, and he is now ready to return to full training in preparation for a new-year bout.

He added: "I will get back in February and then hopefully get the ball rolling again.

"I want to try and keep busy and fight every three or four weeks if I can.

"I should have been out in September but I had an injury to my left shoulder.

"The doctor said just to rest it and it would heal.

"I am back in the gym now and I hope to start punching again.

"It feels all right now and the fact nothing come up in the scan is a relief.

"At least it doesn’t require an operation or something like that.

"The main thing is that nothing serious is wrong.

"The last thing you want is to go into a fight and holding back thinking there is something wrong.

"I am looking now to get back out there as soon as I can.

"At the start of my pro career I had a lot of fights in quick succession and had some good momentum.

"I made my debut in Sheffield and then 10 days later I was fighting in Atlantic City.

"I think if I keep busy and active, I will improve much quicker."