Former world champion Paul Butler wants to fight Ryan Burnett and become a two-time champion, says trainer Joe Gallagher.
‘The Baby Face Assassin’ has recently teamed up with Gallagher’s stable, and the pair have plotted a path which will hopefully see them fight Northern Ireland’s WBA ‘super’ and IBF bantamweight champion next summer.
“We’re ready to go and fight Ryan Burnett,” Gallagher said to Boxing News.
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“We’ll have that in the summer time, Belfast, wherever they want to put it. That’s a fight that would be good to have.
“We need that type of fight.”
Butler and Gallagher had previously targeted a fight against WBA ‘regular’ champion Jamie McDonnell, but the Doncaster fighter has said he will move up in weight following an unsatisfactory ‘no-contest’ against Liborio Solis last month.
The belt which McDonnell holds is therefore set to become vacant, and Gallagher thinks a fight between Butler and Solis is the perfect way to prepare for an eventual bout against Burnett.
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“I think Solis is great preparation for Ryan Burnett,” Gallagher said. “And Ryan Burnett can deal with [Zolani] Tete in the meantime.
“He [McDonnell] made the weight and now he’s moved up and he’s going to a division really where I can’t see where the big money fights are for him in the super-bantamweight division.
“I just thought he could have stuck around for one more for Paul Butler, which is a huge domestic fight.
“So the plan is to get Solis February.”
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