After taking the decision to relinquish his IBF world bantamweight title less than a month after claiming the belt, Paul Butler is already targeting his next title tilt.

The 25-year-old Ellesmere Port fighter, who was crowned champion in Newcastle last month following a stunning points victory over Stuart Hall, announced his decision to step back down to his ‘natural’ super-flyweight division in a bid to write his name in to the history  books.

Butler, who claimed title glory in only his 16th professional fight, will become the first British boxer to win a second world title at a lighter weight in over a century, following in the footsteps of Bob Fitzsimmons who achieved the feat back in 1903.

Of his decision to relinquish his title, Butler said: “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.

“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’s father, Paul Butler Snr, says the route to success for his son has already been mapped out with a possible clash with formidable Argentian Omar Andrés Narváez, who boasts a record of one defeat in 45 fights, on the horizon.

“It was a big decision for Paul to make he knows he has made the right one,” said Butler Snr.

“When he won the Hall fight we knew that things would be in the pipeline for him. But we knew that the only way he was going to stay at that weight was if he got a fight against Jamie McDonnell (current WBA world bantamweight champion).

“We had been offered the fight, accepted it and Paul wanted it but, such is the way these things work sometimes, it didn’t pan out.

“We knew that we had things to put in place and Paul made the decision to drop down back to his natural weight and try and make history.

“We’re already looking at a possible title fight in Liverpool at the end of the year, hopefully against the Argentinean guy Narváez.”

Butler Snr revealed that negotiations were in the early stages but was hopeful that his son would get a tile shot against Narváez, whose only professional defeat came at Madison Square Garden, New York, back in 2011 when he was beaten by Filipino Nonito Donaire for the WBC and WBO bantamweight title, after which he returned to super-flyweight.

“He is a top, top fighter and has a phenomenal record but there are a few things that have to fall in to place before it happens as he is a bit reluctant to fight outside of Argentina," said Butler Snr.

“Before that though, we want to put on a show in Liverpool, hopefully a 10-rounder at the end of September of first week in October, so Paul can get rid of any ring rust and make sure that he is in the best shape possible.”