DANNY Craven says he is ready to take on big fights after winning a title in just his third professional bout.

By outpointing Nottingham’s Nathan McIntosh on May 27, the Orford welterweight scooped the British Challenge belt.

Craven’s next fight has been pencilled in for September 22 against Hungary’s Gabor Kovacs, but the 24-year-old revealed there may be a chance of a fight before that.

The former Hook & Jab amateur star says he is under consideration to fight Conor Benn, the son of former two-weight world champion Nigel Benn, at London’s O2 Arena on July 1.

Should he be given the chance to fight Benn, Craven, who is trained and promoted by ex-pro fighter Kieran Farrell, is confident he would walk away victorious.

“To fight live on Sky Sports would be unreal in my fourth fight. I believe it’s a fight I would win as well,” he said.

“That’s not me being arrogant, I’m just confident in my own ability.

“He has a good record and is a dangerous fighter, but who has he fought? It’s no good being unbeaten if you haven’t been tested.

“You want to prove yourself early in big fights like this one, but I’ll happily fight anyone that is put in front of me.

“Whatever fight I take, I’m confident I will win.”

The fight with McIntosh drew praise from those who were present as both boxers enjoyed spells of dominance.

The eight-round contest was scored 78-75 in Craven’s favour, but the victor believed he was always in control.

“To me, I only lost one round in that fight so the scorecard was closer than I thought,” he said.

“From the first round, I felt in control and I was getting stronger as the fight went on.

“We had a bit of a tear-up in the fifth and he had me pinned to the ropes, but I pummelled him in the sixth and seventh.

“The ref said it was the best fight he had been in charge of this year and a lot of people said it was the fight of the night.

“When my hand was raised, I just felt so much happiness and relief.”

After an amateur career that saw him compete in more than 60 fights and represent England, Craven turned professional last year and knocked out Latvian opponent Aleksejs Grustans in the first round of his paid debut in November.

A points victory over Nathan Hardy in a four-round bout followed in February but Craven said he jumped at the early chance to fight for a title.

He believes he may have advanced his career by “a couple of years” by beating McIntosh and was unflustered by the jump to an eight-round fight.

“I felt really good over the eight rounds. I was going to build up slowly to a fight of that length but I just had to take this one,” he said.

“As soon as Kieran said there was a chance to fight for the Challenge belt, I wanted to make the fight.

“I could have sat for two years waiting to fight for that belt, but you have to take these chances when they come up.

“I’d only been to four rounds before this fight, so I knew I had to train twice as hard.

“It was a tough camp but I really put the graft in and I felt twice as fit.

“At the end of the fight, I felt good and if it was a 10-round bout, I feel like I could have managed it. That’s how fit I felt.”