Paul Butler will be back in the ring later this month.

The former IBF world bantamweight king has been out of action since May.

Butler, whose record currently stands at 29 wins and two defeats with 15 quick finishes, last boxed against Salvador Hernandez Sanchez at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, as part of the supporting cast to the World Boxing Super Series semi-finals night.

And the Ellesmere Port man, 30, is set to snap his hiatus on September 22.

He is trained by Joe Gallagher and he has been confirmed as an addition to Gallagher’s M22 Promotions card at Wythenshawe’s Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre.

The bill, called ‘New Kids On The Block’, is promoted in association with Kieran Farrell and is also scheduled to feature WBC International Silver middleweight champion Marcus Morrison and former WBA Inter-Continental cruiserweight title challenger Sam Hyde.

Undefeated Connor Lynch is also on the card, while there is action for George Brennan, Kieran Farrell’s brother Nathan, Warrington’s Danny Craven and Chester debutant Wycombe King.

But disaster has struck for Anthony Crolla-trained lightweight Dylan Evans. He had been set to box on the card but was forced out of his outing after fracturing his fourth metacarpal.