Comments Thread For: Paul Butler: I Know I Can Hurt Hall, He Can't Hurt Me!

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Stuart Hall and Paul Butler will provide the second ‘Battle of Britain’ for fight fans this Sat night just one week after the Carl Froch-George Groves rivalry ended with a brutal knockout for the champion.

Darlington’s Hall 16-2-2 (7) will be putting his IBF Bantamweight title on the line against Butler 15-0 (8) at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena live on Boxnation. The challenger steps up a weight division after a successful stint at super flyweight which saw the Ellesmere Port fighter win the British and Commonwealth titles. For the champion this will be his second title defence after his Cinderella story began with a convincing points decision win over Vusi Malinga in Leeds last December just four days before Christmas. After an unsatisfactory technical draw to conclude his first defence against Martin Ward in March, 34-year-old Hall is aiming to put the 25-year-old Butler in his place in front of his local supporters after some heated verbal exchanges between the two recently.
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[jacksonrr]

A good question to ask would be how in the heck are you getting a crack at a world title? and how in the heck is Hall the world champion?

[Black Barty]

A good question to ask would be how in the heck are you getting a crack at a world title? and how in the heck is Hall the world champion?

The latter is the real question here. Beating Hall won't make Butler a legitimate champ. But who cares? It will be a good fight and (hopefully) Butler's coming out party.

[chocolate]

A good question to ask would be how in the heck are you getting a crack at a world title? and how in the heck is Hall the world champion?

The bookies think the title will changing hands even thought Butler has only had one fight at bantamweight and is ranked number 49 in the world. Butler is a 1/3 favorite while Hall the champion is a 3/1 underdog.

[D-MiZe]

Don't know why Hall is the underdog here despite Butler showing his supposed class against... er... no one of any real note. Hall ain't going to lie down and Butler's going to have to fight to take this belt from him.