Prizefighter Lightweights III: Floyd Moore aims for flying start

Floyd Moore says he’ll be flying out of the traps to KO his Prizefighter Lightweights III rivals at York Hall on Saturday before jetting off on holiday the next day.

Fareham fighter Moore has secured seven of his 10 wins via stoppage and is planning to blast his way through the line-up to bag some extra cash for his trip.

I am normally a fast starter and back in my amateur days I was an exciting fighter to watch so I believe the format is brilliant for me.

“I am flying to Egypt at 10am on Sunday morning with my mate, so it will be great to be on that plane as Prizefighter champion,” said Moore.

“I think I am the biggest puncher in the tournament - KO the first guy and you pick up £10,000. If I sense a stoppage, I won't be holding back.”

Moore crushed Ryan Taylor inside four rounds to win the vacant Southern Area title last year in front of the Sky Sports cameras, but then suffered back-to-back defeats.

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“Saturday is the perfect platform to get my career back on track,” added Moore. “The last two defeats were just one of those things, I believe I can do the business at York Hall and get my career back on track.”

The 24-year-old also has first-hand experience of what one of the favourites can do having sparred with Gary Buckland, the Welshman aiming to become the third fighter to win the tournament a second time.

“I've done 20 or so rounds with Gary in the gym in the past, I've held my own too,” said Moore. “He's the best fighter and most dangerous guy of the eight. The rest? I believe I stack up well against them.

“I am normally a fast starter and back in my amateur days I was an exciting fighter to watch so I believe the format is brilliant for me.”

Buckland won the super-featherweight edition in November 2011 and will be one of the favourites to pick up the £32,000 winner’s cheque along with Manchester’s former European champion Stephen Foster Jnr.

Danny Cassius Connor, who reached the final of last year’s light-welterweight edition, is hoping to face Michael Devine on the night after their clash earlier this year ended prematurely on cuts, while novice talents Jono Carroll, Lee Martin and Craig Whyatt complete the eight-man line-up.

Also on the Sky Sports bill, Martin J. Ward will face Maxi Hughes in a British super-featherweight title eliminator, while former British and Commonwealth light-welterweight champion Ajose Olusegu fights in the UK for the first time since 2011.

Watch Prizefighter Lightweights III on Sky Sports 2 on Saturday from 8pm.