Melton Mowbray big man Paul Butlin will meet ex-WBC heavyweight title challenger Albert Sosnowski later this month.Butlin (pictured on the right) is set to cross swords with the former European champion over eight rounds at Wigan's Robin Park on September 25, on the undercard of John Murray's European lightweight title defence against Andriy Kudriavtsev.
And the durable Rutland veteran, who's been in with the likes of current British heavyweight boss Derek Chisora (twice), former IBF cruiserweight title challenger Jonathon Banks and another European heavyweight king, Italian Olympian Paolo Vidoz, should prove to be a solid test for the Essex-based Pole.
Sosnowski, 45-3-1 (27), was stopped in ten rounds by Vitali Klitschko in a crack for the WBC title in May but is seemingly improving in every fight.
The 31-year-old flattened Danny Williams (albeit a shopworn version of the Tyson slayer) in 2008, following that up with a draw with talented Francesco Pianeta, undefeated in 18, before winning the vacant EBU belt with a landslide unanimous verdict over common foe Vidoz, who knocked out Butlin in two rounds, last December.
But Butlin, 34, is durable, canny and likely to provide the 'Polish Dragon' with a decent night's work.
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