SCOTTISH champion Mike Towell will face Danny Little in the chief supporting bout for heavyweight star Gary Cornish's IBO International title fight at Glasgow's Bellahouston Leisure Centre next Saturday.

Towell, who holds his domestic crown at light middleweight, flattened Pole Lukasz Janik in only 97 seconds last month, notching up his fourth win of his short professional career inside the distance.

That victory elevated the Dundee-based 23-year-old to number 10 in the latest British rankings, putting him within touching distance of a title shot despite having only fought seven times. He will drop a division to welterweight to take on Englishman Little, who has three wins from 12 professional outings.

Manager Tommy Gilmour believes Towell must be allowed to develop further before challenging the division's top guns .

Gilmour said: "Mike looked fantastic against Janik, a really experienced guy who's fought all over the world and has never been blown away like that. I brought Janik in to give Mike a proper test and really didn't expect him to get stopped, never mind in one round.

"Mike is now up to number 10 in the UK and, normally, a manager would be delighted and pushing their boxer for a title shot. I'm doing exactly the opposite.

"I want Mike to get a lot more experience under his belt before he even thinks about taking on the likes of British champion Liam Smith or former champion Brian Rose, but he will get there.

"He's been an absolute phenomenon so far and has picked up the Scottish and British Masters titles at light-middleweight. Right now, Mike's coaches Stevie Graham and former British Title challenger Jamie Coyle are working on him boxing at welterweight and he could be an even better prospect at the lower weight.

"Mike himself is determined to get to title level as quickly as possible. I don't want to curb his enthusiasm too much, but I've been in this business for 45 years and he needs to listen to me because I have his best interests at heart.

"If he gets the right sort of opponents he'll learn a lot more and when he does get to title level he'll be in a position to win it - not just box for it. This boy is exciting and building up a great fan base and is one to watch "

Cornish will fight for the IBO International heavyweight title against Hungarian Champion Zoltan Csala in the night's main event.