Donovan Smillie aims to bring another boxing belt to Bradford next month.

And success could also fast-track him up the rankings towards a potential shot at the domestic title.

Smillie tops the bill at Pennington's on Sunday, June 15 when he takes on Mike Duffield for the British Masters super-middleweight accolade.

The Masters titles were introduced a few years ago as a stepping stone towards the proper domestic crown. A revenge win over Cleethorpes fighter Duffield, who outpointed him 13 months ago at Derby, could be a big step up the ladder for Smillie who has rebuilt his career since leaving Frank Maloney for the Ingle camp.

Manager John Ingle said: "The idea behind the masters belt is that it qualifies you to box for the British. I know of four or five kids who have taken that route.

"Jamie Yelland last week boxed Nicky Booth for a British title having won the masters. Esham Pickering has as well as Matt Barney who has vacated the belt that Donovan will be fighting for."

Smillie once again reverts to super-middle after his scheduled clash with

middleweight Danny Thornton fell through.

The Leeds fighter was narrowly beaten by Albanian Nik Qato at Elland Road on Tuesday and got cold feet at the prospect of facing Smillie, who was ringside.

Ingle moved quickly yesterday to fill the gap and contacted Duffield. The ten-round distance will be unchartered territory for Smillie who has never fought beyond six two-minutes before.

Ingle added: "Donovan's been doing a sprint up to now and in four weeks he has to run a marathon. But he's wanted a crack at a title and he can't hang around.

"Duffield has the edge in experience. He's been in a few title fights and he went the distance three weeks ago when losing to Mark Ellwood for the masters title at light-heavyweight.

"That's why we've taken this fight at super-middle because there is no way Duffield could get down beyond that to make the weight in time.

"It's got an extra edge to it because Duffield has beaten Donovan before. But that was over four twos and ten threes will be a lot different."

Smillie (10-3-1) has won on all three of Ingle's Bradford shows and has looked more impressive with each performance. Most recently, he saw off Mark Phillips at Pennington's.

Unbeaten lightweight Nadeem Siddique fights for the fourth time in the paid ranks. He faces Coventry's Baz Carey, who spoiled Peter Buckley's 200th celebrations last month.

Carey, who has won four out of ten, will be the Golden Boy's biggest test by far.

Siddique said: "I didn't see much of Carey's fight with Buckley but it's going to be tougher for me."

Dean Lambert, who is also unbeaten at lightweight as a pro, completes the Bradford connection on the undercard which also features a central-area title eliminator between super-featherweights Haroon Din and Martin Hardcastle.

Namibia's Commonwealth bronze medallist Ali Nuumbembe and Aberdeen's Lee McAllister make up the list.

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