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Paul Butler will relinquish his IBF World Bantamweight title and return to the super-flyweight division as he aims to become Britain’s first boxer to win a second world title at a lighter weight in over a century.
The Ellesmere Port ace put on a blistering performance to take the title from Stuart Hall last month in Newcastle, and now looks to join British legend Bob Fitzsimmons, who won the world title at heavyweight and then at light-heavyweight.
Although sad to give up his world title belt, undefeated Butler, who won the world title in only his 16th fight - the quickest ever by an English boxer - is excited at the prospect of carving out a piece of modern boxing history in his quest to become a British great.
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The Ellesmere Port ace put on a blistering performance to take the title from Stuart Hall last month in Newcastle, and now looks to join British legend Bob Fitzsimmons, who won the world title at heavyweight and then at light-heavyweight.
Although sad to give up his world title belt, undefeated Butler, who won the world title in only his 16th fight - the quickest ever by an English boxer - is excited at the prospect of carving out a piece of modern boxing history in his quest to become a British great.
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