Darts superstar Luke Littler has hinted towards a potential, one-off move to the boxing ring. The 19-year-old two-time world champion told DAZN that he would be open to competing under Misfits.

Littler was in Liverpool on Saturday night to support his friend and middleweight, Luke Turner, who triumphed over Jensen Irving on the undercard of Nick Ball’s world title defeat against Brandon Figueroa.

However, the teenage sensation revealed there is one obstacle preventing him from stepping into the boxing ring.

He said: “I’d love to, but the missus does not want me to. I’d love to, a one-off definitely, on Misfits.”

When questioned about potential opponents, Littler’s response was succinct. He replied: “Anyone.”

Littler secured his second PDC World Championship title by defeating Gian van Veen in the final at Alexandra Palace last month. The world No.1 then went on to snatch the Saudi Masters and the World Masters in Milton Keynes – entering his Premier League opener against van Veen in top form.

However, van Veen managed to exact revenge on Littler as ‘The Nuke’ suffered a 6-4 loss in Newcastle, resulting in an early exit. Michael van Gerwen emerged victorious on the opening night in the North East.

Littler has had a remarkable first couple of years, reaching his maiden World Championship Final and demonstrating consistent strength both on and off the oche. However, former professional Matt Edgar suggests Littler’s Achilles heel lies in the first-to-six format.

“He’s vulnerable on the ProTour – it’s the same format, and Luke struggles there,” Edgar revealed to OLBG. “We’ve seen at times at the World Matchplay him going 5-0 down.

“We’ve seen him go multiple sets down to Gerwyn Price and then pull things back. He doesn’t have time in the Premier League. Maybe this is where we are going to see Luke not be as dominant.”

Darts content creator Charlie Murphy chimed in: “I don’t think it’s going to continue for Luke to lose round one games.

“I don’t think that will happen very often. Let’s say we get about halfway through – and it starts to get to the point where he needs to win nights to get into the top-four – I can definitely see that happening.

“I think he can switch it on when he really needs to and when he really wants to. It’s night one – did it really matter to him? Yeah, he probably wanted to win, but there’s that subconsciousness as well, where he knows it’s not that important.”

Littler is now set to return to the oche against world No.2 and ex-world champion Luke Humphries on the second night of the Premier League in Antwerp this Thursday evening.