Darren McDermott has been ordered to make the first defence of his English middleweight title against touted Bristol stylist Danny Butler.
The 30-year-old Dean Powell-managed fighter, a former Midland Area and British Masters boss, was stopped in four rounds by Darren Barker in a Commonwealth title tilt in May, but a successful defence of his English crown could pave the way to another shot at top-class domestic honours within the next 12 months.
His other crack at a top domestic title also ended in an early defeat, albeit on a cut against Birmingham's then-British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock in June 2008.
But Western Area champion Butler is on the up and has impressed since his move to middleweight last year. Since the move from 11st, he's added the scalps of current Midland Area middleweight champion Tony Randell and former British title challenger Paul Samuels, who he meets again for the vacant British Masters middleweight title in July, to his 18-fight (17 wins,
three early) learning ledger.
The solitary stain on the 21-year-old's professional record came against undefeated St. Helens prospect Martin Murray, dropping a close three-round split decision to the eventual winner in the Prizefighter middleweight semi-final last year.
And Hatton Promotions-handled Butler is confident of victory should he meet popular McDermott, telling the Bristol Evening Post: "I’d love to face McDermott. It would be a good scalp and i'd love for the fight to happen in Bristol."
But champion McDermott, 16-2-1 (9), would enter the ten-rounder as the favourite. He won his English title with a clear ten-round decision over experienced Coventry southpaw Steve Bendall in February and has mixed at a more exalted level.
The British Boxing Board of Control have advised for the fight to take place before the end of November 2009.
The 30-year-old Dean Powell-managed fighter, a former Midland Area and British Masters boss, was stopped in four rounds by Darren Barker in a Commonwealth title tilt in May, but a successful defence of his English crown could pave the way to another shot at top-class domestic honours within the next 12 months.
His other crack at a top domestic title also ended in an early defeat, albeit on a cut against Birmingham's then-British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock in June 2008.
But Western Area champion Butler is on the up and has impressed since his move to middleweight last year. Since the move from 11st, he's added the scalps of current Midland Area middleweight champion Tony Randell and former British title challenger Paul Samuels, who he meets again for the vacant British Masters middleweight title in July, to his 18-fight (17 wins,
three early) learning ledger.
The solitary stain on the 21-year-old's professional record came against undefeated St. Helens prospect Martin Murray, dropping a close three-round split decision to the eventual winner in the Prizefighter middleweight semi-final last year.
And Hatton Promotions-handled Butler is confident of victory should he meet popular McDermott, telling the Bristol Evening Post: "I’d love to face McDermott. It would be a good scalp and i'd love for the fight to happen in Bristol."
But champion McDermott, 16-2-1 (9), would enter the ten-rounder as the favourite. He won his English title with a clear ten-round decision over experienced Coventry southpaw Steve Bendall in February and has mixed at a more exalted level.
The British Boxing Board of Control have advised for the fight to take place before the end of November 2009.
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