Michael Alldis's plans of winning the Lonsdale belt outright have been thrown into chaos.

Crawley fighter Alldis had been lined up to make a third defence of his British super-bantamweight title in his home town on Tuesday January 23.

But the British Boxing Board have rejected the three potential opponents put forward and now the show at Crawley Leisure Centre is in jeopardy.

Matchroom Promotions, who manage Alldis, had put forward the names of Tommy Waite, Kevin Gerowski and Frankie De Milo but all three have been thrown out as unsuitable challengers.

Waite was the most likely opponent but he has been fighting at bantamweight recently and the boxing hierarchy were unhappy about him stepping back up a division straight into a title fight.

Alldis, who won the British title 13 months ago when he beat Patrick Mullings on points, said: "The British Boxing Board were happy for me to fight Tommy Waite but they said he must fight at super-bantamweight first to allow that to go ahead. There is no way he could do that within six weeks.

"They said they would be happy with Patrick Mullings or Brian Carr. I am not worried about Mullings but we go back a long way and there is a lot of animosity there. I don't want to go back over old territory when there is no reason to.

"Brian Carr would be a similar fighter to Shaun Anderson who Alldis made his first defence against. He will just hit, run and hold. I don't want that. I want someone who will fight me.

"The Crawley venue has been booked by Sky so they have got to give me a fight of some sort. I could fight for a Commonwealth title or maybe for a WBO Continental title."

Alldis is hoping the situation will be resolved in the next few days by his manager, Barry Hearn, who has been out of the country this week.

A spokesman for Matchroom said: "There are two or three possibilities. Firstly, that he doesn't box on that date. Secondly, he could fight Brian Carr or Patrick Mullings. Michael doesn't want to do that but Brian Carr, with 24 wins and four defeats, is a possibility. Or we could put Michael in for another title."

Alldis had been eagerly looking forward to his first title fight in front of his home town fans but he says he would not be interested in an eight-round non-title fight. "I am a 12 round fighter and it has got to be a title fight," he added.