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after tye fields beat raphael butler he challenged pajkic to finally defend the canadian title vs him.both have wins over firtha & butler. pajkic won a close fight imo but it could have easilty been a draw.fields on the other hand scored a 6th rd tko but the interesting thing was butler floored tye in the 1st round & almost knocked him out while pajkic took every big punch butler had.fields was in the best shape he had been in years & it's his conditioning that helped him recover nothing more.this will be a great scrap if it happens.i can't pick a winner because at anytime tye fields' chin could come into play here.pajkic can take a big punch but is feather fisted while tye is a huge puncher but can't take one very well...i posted a few different acticles on the fight...
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By GM Ross: Last weekend in Edmonton Tye "Big Sky" Fields (49-4-0) knocked out Raphael Butler (35-10-0) of Rochester, Minnesota, in less than six rounds, showing why the Canadian Boxing Federation (CBF) and Canadian Professional Boxing Council (CPBC) both list him as the division's top contender. Fields-Butler was scheduled for ten, but "Big Sky" put his 6'8" frame to work, slamming away at Butler and forcing a stoppage. Back in February, Fields defeated former Canadian champion Ray Olubowale (8-5-1) of Toronto in a CBF eliminator, making him the mandatory challenger to Neven Pajkic's (16-0-0) crown. With Pajkic headed for merry old England to face Commonwealth king Tyson Fury (16-0-0) in November, it seems Fields' Canadian title aspirations are again on hold.
Fans can't begrudge Pajkic for fighting Fury; its a higher profile fight and, presumably, a bigger pay day. Nonetheless, Fields is justifiably frustrated. According to Darren Hauck of theboxingexaminer.com, Fields demanded his CBF title shot following his defeat of Butler and who can blame him? Not only did Fields win a CBF eliminator, he absolutely destroyed Raphael Butler; a fighter that gave Pajkic all he could handle in Toronto last year. Its been over a year since Pajkic defended his CBF crown, but lack of competition isn't to blame. The always busy Ken Frank (6-4-1) of Lethbridge, Alberta, won a CBF eliminator back in January, but has yet to receive his title shot. So, for seven months Canada has had two "mandatory" challengers to Pajkic's CBF title, but we've yet to see the champ defend his title in 2011.
While Fields waits patiently for Pajkic, other Canadian heavyweights are moving on. The CPBC has announced that former CBF champion Ray Olubowale will get another crack at national honours in April, 2012, against Eric Martel Bahoeli (7-0-0) of Quebec City, for the Council`s version of the heavyweight championship. Frankly, for boxing to continue it's comeback in Canada, we need regular heavyweight championship fights. If Pajkic's interests lie in the international boxing scene, all the best to him. I like Neven Pajkic; he's a gutsy, no-quit fighter, that Canadian fans can rely on for non-stop action. His fight with Butler was one of my favorite Canadian contests of 2011. But if the champion has no intention of defending his CBF title he should step aside and give two other heavyweights an opportunity. If Pajkic won't fight Fields, hopefully the winner of Olubowale-Bahoeli will. "Big Sky" deserves his title shot. -
On Friday October 7, 2011 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, KO Boxing Promotions presented a 5 fight boxing card with Tye “Big Sky ” Fields vs Raphael Butler as the Main Event. In a scheduled 10 rounder Fields (49-4, 44KO’s) of Edmonton, took on young journeyman Raphael Butler (35-11, 28KO’s) from Rochester Mn. From the outset Fields established his right jab with conviction. The 6’8 southpaw was doing very well until Butler connected with a sneaky overhand right that put Fields down in round 1. Referee Len Koivisto started the standing 8 count in which Fields stood up later in the count. Throughout rounds 2-5, Fields was the aggressor landing very crisp jabs that kept Butler backing up. In round 6 Butler decided to put the pressure on Fields and had Fields backing up with some punches . This didn’t last long however as Fields got back into form and had Butler against the ropes. Fields unleashed a flurry of well over 50 punches. Referee Len Koivisto was right there wanting to step in but Butler kept himself in it by throwing the odd punch to negate that. Many of Fields shots were blocked by Butlers defence as well. After referee Koivisto had given every opportunity for Butler to improve his situation Koivisto called a halt to the fight at 2:27 of the sixth round. Butler was bloodied but he didn’t go down and walked to his corner. With this victory , Fields improves to 48-4 and Butler is now 35-11. After the fight, Fields made it clear that Neven Pajkic should make himself available.Comment
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