ASINIA ‘D’Ghost’ Byfield warms up for his shot at the vacant British super-welterweight championship this month.

Manager Mickey Helliet has added the 29-year-old from Reading to his show at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Saturday, July 14.

That fight is a tool sharpener for Byfield before he meets Ted Cheeseman for the vacant British title on an Eddie Hearn show early in the new season.

Terms were agreed recently and news he will be challenging for the Lonsdale belt is a relief for Byfield after several pull outs.

“I thought I was going to go from fighting journeymen to the world stage,” he said.

“I thought I would have to take that sort of jump because all the stepping-stone fights have fallen through. There have been so many pull outs. At the beginning of my pro career, I thought the British title was possible, but the more wins I had, the further away I seemed to be.

“I was beginning to think: ‘Am I going to get a shot – or are they going to dodge me ?’ “The promoters and the manager knew what they were doing. They know I have a new style and their style won’t beat me. Everything I do is unorthodox and unexpected. You can’t prepare for what I’m going to do.”

Fourteen of Byfield’s 15 pro opponents have found him unfathomable – including Sam McNess.

Byfield’s fifth-round stoppage of the West Hammer last summer was a breakthrough for ‘D’Ghost.’ The fight was screened live on BT Sport and Byfield predicts a similar outcome when he faces Cheeseman.

“To the public, he is good,” said Byfield, “but compared to me, it’s no contest.

“I’m 100 per cent confident I will beat him in good fashion, but I’m going to talk him up. I don’t want people to downplay my achievement after I’ve beaten him. I don’t want to hear: ‘Cheeseman wasn’t ready, he shouldn‘t have taken the fight.’ “So I’m telling everyone he’s the best in the world – and then I’m going to beat him up.”