Paul Butler will relinquish his IBF bantamweight title less than a month after winning the belt.

The Ellesmere Port fighter is moving back down to super-flyweight in a bid to write his name into the history books by becoming a two-weight world champ.

Butler defeated Stuart Hall last month in Newcastle to win the IBF crown in only his 16th fight as a professional but admits that he is "natural" at 8st 3lbs.

The 25-year-old admits it is a wrench to give up the IBF crown but feels it the best move for his career at this stage.

Butler has refused to rule out a move back to bantam as he matures but his immediate plans are in the weight division below where he reigned as British and Commonwealth champion.

“It’s a beautiful belt and it’s hard to relinquish it seeing as it’s the first world title that I’ve won, but I knew that it was always going to be the case if I won it I’d have to return it and go back to down to super-flyweight,” said Butler

“When the opportunity came to fight Hall for the title I knew that it was a fight that I could win and I grabbed the chance with both hands.  To become a world champion in only my 16th fight was an absolute dream come true.  Obviously there was a big size difference between me and Hall, but I said to everybody that I could overcome him with my speed and work-rate and that proved to be the case, but I’m a natural 115 pounder,”

“Now I aim to win a world title at super-fly and achieve another dream of becoming a two-weight world champion in reverse.  Most of the British greats have gone up through the weights like Duke McKenzie, David Haye, Ricky Hatton, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank to name a few, but only Bob Fitzsimmons has achieved the feat of dropping down a weight and that will be a big incentive for me,”

Butler is expected to return to the ring in October and promoter Frank Warren is likely to be working on landing him a shot at one of the super-fly world title holders.

“I’d like to thank the IBF for allowing me to fight for their prestigious world title and to Stuart Hall, who put up a tremendous battle, and to my manager and promoter Frank Warren and Hall’s promoter Dennis Hobson for putting the fight together and giving me and the fans something special to remember," Butler added.

“Of course, another return to bantamweight isn’t out of the picture in the future.  I’m still only 25 and in the next couple of years I could fill out and mature some more and be more comfortable at that weight, but for now I’m focused on winning and unifying titles at super-flyweight.”