Paul Butler insists a super-flyweight shootout between him and Belfast's Jamie Conlan would be a one-sided massacre.
Ellesmere Port's Butler watched from ringside earlier this month as Conlan stopped Adrian Dimas Garzon in four rounds in Dublin.
The pair appear to be on a collision course with a fight earmarked for early next year and 27-year-old Butler has no doubts who will come out on top.
Butler said: "I don’t rate Conlan at all. I just don’t understand all the hype. Seriously, it’s an easy fight for me. It’ll be over within six rounds.
"Jamie forgets that I properly spanked him as an amateur at the 2007 Commonwealth Federation Championships in Liverpool. I was boxing at 48 kilos at the time but stepped up to 51 at just two days notice and thrashed him 29-12. I remember he was pretty weak. It wasn’t even a race.
"To be honest, I requested the Conlan fight for my comeback after losing my world title challenge to Tete. But they now want us both to go head-to-head in Dublin next February to build up a big world title eliminator for around May. I’d happily fight him now.
"Money will dictate the venue but, believe me, if I had a choice, I’d love to go to Belfast and walk to the ring first with all his crowd booing me as a wait for him."
Former world belt holder Butler wants to become Britain's first world champion in the 115lb division.
But before he can contemplate resurfacing on the world stage, the Wirral CP Boxing Club product knows he must shine when he resumes duty at Manchester Arena on December 19.
Rumbling out of the opposite corner will be Madrid=based Romanian Silvio Olteanu, an ex-two-time European champion and world title challenger down at flyweight.
Butler said: "I’ve never been a huge one for studying opponents on tape. I’ll just watch a couple of minutes tops then turn it off.
"All I know is that Olteanu’s a former European champion who gave (Daiki) Kameda a close fight for the WBA flyweight title over in Japan.
"He’s definitely a big step up from the last two opponents I fought so I’ll be bang up for it. I’ve already started sparring.
"Olteanu’s fought in very good company yet he’s never been stopped in almost 11 years as a pro. But he’s a career flyweight and he’s getting on a bit now.
"I’ll definitely be looking to get him out of there early, pick up another title and get myself right back into the mix with all the major sanctioning bodies."
National title at second time of asking for Dean Smith
It was a case of second time lucky for Wirral CP’s Dean Smith who finally landed a national title in London, writes Micheal McKenna.
The 20-year-old took home gold in the 49kg decider after taking all three rounds against Talha Ayub at York Hall.
The Ellesmere Port-trained fighter, who has only been boxing for little over two years, lost in the decider last year and was keen on making that leap to glory this time around.
"It felt great landing that national title," said a delighted Smith. "Especially after last year when I thought I was on the end of a rather harsh decision. The kid I fought then was tough but at least I’ve made up for that with the title this year and I’m absolutely over the moon.
"Last year I came up against a slick southpaw, with a bit more experience, but deep down I thought I had won it and not to get the decision I was gutted but it worked out for me this year.
"He (Ayub) was from Leicester, five minutes from where he lived, so effectively it was in his backyard but I won every round and took the final on an unanimous decision."
Smith, at 20, doesn’t have a wealth of amateur experience, but adding a national title to the collection is testament to his ability and undoubted potential.
"This is just my second full season boxing," he said. "Last year I had to have a fight just before the championships because you needed two bouts to enter and I didn’t even have that.
"I got any old bout against some lad that was a lot bigger than me, which unfortunately I lost. It turned out he boxed at a weight above me in the championships.”
Looking forward, Smith wants to build on his own success as well as continue striving winning silverware for the club he says is responsible for everything.
He said: "I’m loving my boxing at the minute; it’s up there as my main priority and hopefully I can bring home more medals in the future.
"I couldn’t have done it without the help of my coaches with Peter Phelan and Lee Holmes and it’s good to have guys like Alex Foulkes (a national champion) and Leon Cooney (won a national junior title this year) around you."
