Frank Buglioni’s hopes of winning the WBA super-middleweight title were scuppered on Saturday after a points defeat to Fedor Chudinov at Wembley Arena.

The Enfield boxer went into the world title bout as the underdog despite having home advantage and came up short despite a gutsy performance to take his opponent the whole 12 rounds.

Chudinov emerged as a unanimous winner with the judges, who scored the fight 120-106, 118-108 and 117-109 respectively.

The Russian was aided after Buglioni was deducted two points after knocking him down with a right hand after the bell at the end of the sixth round.

But Buglioni insists he will return to the ring stronger from the disappointment and intends to learn from this defeat.

Buglioni told iFL TV: “Of course I’m disappointed but I thought I gave a good account of myself and left everything in the ring. I’ll come back stronger. I always have done and always will do. It’s an experience and I will come back stronger.

“Of course we knew it would be tough. He’s a world champion. He schooled Felix Sturm who is a good fighter.

“He obviously lacks a little bit of experience in the pro game but he’s a very good fighter so I can’t take anything away from Chudinov.”

When asked about the decision to dock him two points, Buglioni felt it was harsh and also believes the 26-year-old’s display proves he has the power and quality to compete at world level.

He said: “I think the footwork was working well and the jab was working well. Obviously the right hand over the top did some serious damage. My timing was obviously out a bit but that’s life.

“It was a bit harsh [two point penalty] because it was right on the bell and we were both trading. I just caught him with the better shot but I hurt him and I know I can punch at world level. It was just unfortunate the timing of it. I didn’t do it intentionally, it was just instinct.

“I think I certainly had the hurting of him but he was just out of range a couple of times and just came up slightly short.”

The fight was originally scheduled to take place in July after Chudinov suffered a broken nose. It gave Buglioni more time to prepare for the new date but ‘Wise Guy’ was adamant his training could not have gone any better.

He said: “I don’t think it came too early. The camp’s been absolutely phenomenal. I’ve proved myself in the gym to be world class and worthy of that title shot. I went 12 rounds and gave a good account of myself so I think that proved it.

“Obviously I will go back and learn a lot from that, have a nice break and come back stronger.”

Popular boxer Buglioni was backed by his vocal army of supporters at Wembley and he was very grateful for their support against unbeaten Chudinov.

He said: “The support was phenomenal and I can’t really thank them enough.”