Danny Butler wants to win Prizefighter Light-Middleweights to raise money for Help for Heroes.
Danny looking to put on good show for Help for Heroes
Danny Butler is being inspired to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights this Friday by the fighting spirit of his brothers, who are serving with the Army in Afghanistan.
Butler, who backs the Help for Heroes charity, has two brothers - Adam and Martin - serving in the Army and says he will give the charity a portion of the £32,000 winning prize if he triumphs in the 10th Prizefighter competition at the York Hall in Bethnal Green.
The Bristol boxer, who is stepping down a division for his second Prizefighter, says he wants to win the knockout competition for brother Adam, who is currently serving in Afghanistan.
He said: "If I win Prizefighter I will donate some of the money to Help for Heroes, which is a great charity which I support.
"I've got two brothers who have been out in Afghanistan. One of them, Martin, has only recently got back and the other, Adam, is still out there.
"It makes me want to do it even more that Adam is out there, I want to win it for him.
"They are the real heroes, not me. Two of my four brothers have served in Afghanistan and that's totally different to boxing, which is a dangerous sport but they have got people trying to kill them.
"When I get nervous before a fight I just think what they have to go through, which is much worse. Thinking of them gives me inspiration."
The 22-year-old had a busy 2009, boxing five times and challenging for British, Commonwealth and English middleweight titles.
Butler reached the semi-final of Prizefighter Middleweights in November 2008 before losing a split points decision to eventual winner Martin Murray after an excellent bout.
But he feels the experience of boxing in a previous Prizefighter will give him an edge.
He said: "I know the format and how to box it because I was in the middleweight one and the will only help me.
"I've experienced the waiting in between fights, sharing the same dressing room as your opponents. They are little things but I've got the experience of them and it will give me a bit of an edge.
"I did well last time; the fight against Martin Murray could have gone either way and he went on to win the Prizefighter Middleweights."
Defeat to Murray ended Butler's unbeaten start to his pro career but he quickly regrouped and last March out-pointed Plymouth's Carl Drake 98-93 over 10 rounds to win the Western Area middleweight title.
He picked up the British Masters belt for another 10-round decision, this time 98-94 over Paul Samuels, in July.
But Butler's last two fights have been title defeats.
He first challenged lost on points to Dudley's Darren McDermott for the English title in November while two weeks later he fell victim to Darren Barker in a fight for the vacant British and Commonwealth middleweight titles two weeks later.
He added: "I gained a lot of experience from those two fights."
PRIZEFIGHER DRAW
Quarter-Finals
George Hillyard v Prince Arron
Neil Sinclair v Bradley Pryce
Brett Flournoy v Danny Butler
Steve O'Meara v Martin Concepcion
Semi-Finals
Hillyard/Arron v Sinclair/Pryce
Flournoy/Butler v O'Meara/Concepcion
