Buckland 'out to do a job' on Sykes

Gary Buckland insists that he’ll prove his first round knockout of Gary Sykes last year was no fluke.

The Hatton Promotions super-featherweight challenges for the Yorkshireman’s British crown at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24.

Cardiff’s Buckland, 25, earned his chance by hammering Sykes in 45 seconds at a Prizefighter tournament last November when he landed the £32,000 winner’s cheque.

Despite that win, many are tipping Sykes to get revenge over the 12 round distance, but Buckland warned: “I am not going to let it slip. I am going out there to do a job.

“People say I caught him cold, but if I catch Sykes again the same thing will happen and he will be knocked out whatever round I land.

“Winning Prizefighter was a big achievement so the next step is to win a Lonsdale belt and Sykes is trying to stop me.”

Buckland has won 23 of his 25 fights. One of his defeats came when John Murray stopped him in the 1th round of a British and European lightweight title thriller in May 2010.

Buckland added: “It was a war against John Murray and he is a great champion. It was a great opportunity and I have learned from it.

“If I can go toe-to-toe with Murray I can do it with anybody.”