James Hare can blitz the welterweight ranks - once he discovers how good he is.

In a sport never short of egos, Hare is as laidback and unassuming as they come.

The Roberttown fighter goes into action again tonight for the new European Union belt at Barnsley Metrodome.

And while Hare is not looking past Ivory Coast opponent Dimitri Money Seka in the first ten-rounder of his career, he is rapidly carving an impressive reputation.

Trainer Chris Aston just wishes that his 25-year-old prodigy would start to swallow a little bit of the hype.

Aston said: "James says that he doesn't deserve it yet and I don't know whether he really believes in himself. Maybe he has a smaller self-belief than he needs to move on. He isn't motivated by money - it doesn't matter whether a fight's for £500,000 or £5,000. James just wants to find out how good he is.

"He is growing with each fight and I think in 18 months he will be a real handful. There are already quite a few who don't want to go near him in this country."

Hare, unbeaten in 20 pro fights, admits he is totally in the dark about Money Seka, a French national with a 7-1-1 record. But Aston is not too worried.

"It's time for James to pick up the baton and run with it. If the other kid turns out to be tough, then it's a chance for James to show his ability and come through.

"We don't know if the opponent is a puncher, whether he's a southpaw or even how big he is. But then there is nobody more confusing than James Hare.

"I've never seen anyone handle James. It takes you five rounds to work out what he is doing and then when you think you've got him, he has the reflexes to just change again." Hare wants to show his best form in front of the Sky Sports cameras at Barnsley. Three months ago he made hard work of a points win there against dour Frenchman John Ameline after struggling to hit the weight.

But he got that straight out of the system at Manchester in November after taking a short-notice fight to destroy Paul Denton inside four rounds.

Bradford bantamweight Jamil Hussain makes his second professional outing when he takes on Bilston's Neil Read.

The 22-year-old destroyed Andy Greenway on his debut and Aston expects another quickfire job.

He said: "Pound for pound, nobody in our gym hits harder than Jamil. If he connects properly with his right hand, it's all over."

Tonight's bill at Barnsley is live on Sky Sports 1 at 8pm.