Nearly eight years after he gave up the IBF bantamweight title in an unsuccessful bid to win a world title at a lower weight, Paul Butler claimed the interim WBO bantamweight title with a unanimous points decision over Jonas Sultan, of the Philippine...
Paul Butler wasn’t about to be fooled twice over the same fight—or lack thereof. Advanced measures taken by the promotion allowed the 33-year-old Ellesmere Port boxer to move forward with a planned fight this Friday in Liverpool, even if against a ne...
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Paul Butler (33-2) was scheduled to face WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in the main event of a Probellum card. Unfortunately for him, those plans were cancelled for the second time when Casim...
Paul Butler breathed a sigh of relief once weight was read aloud. It wasn’t that the former bantamweight titlist was fearful of missing the mark. The exhale was the acknowledgement that he has a fight to look forward to following a week of turmoil wh...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Paul Butler will face WBO Intercontinental bantamweight champion Jonas Sultan in his homecoming fight at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena which tops a thrilling Probellum card on April 22.
Paul Butler at least a fight to look forward to after once again watching a bantamweight title shot fall by the wayside. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that an emergency meeting held by the WBO Championship Committee has resulted in Butler being permi...
Carlos Caraballo entered New York City with the intent of launching a championship run. The unbeaten Puerto Rican was instead dealt his first career defeat, as Jonas Sultan prevailed in a ten-round shootout. All three judges scored the contest 94-93...
Zepeda, Vargas Weights Photos Gallery - Jose “Chon” Zepeda wants a third world title shot. Josue “The Prodigy” Vargas, born in Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx, hopes his hometown main event is the ticket to title contention. (photos by Mikey Will...
Headlining the show, former title challenger Jose Zepeda faces streaking prospect Josue Vargas in a scheduled ten-round contest. Both boxers were well under the junior welterweight limit for Saturday’s main event, which airs live on ESPN+ from Madiso...
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Zepeda, Vargas Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Josue "The Prodigy" Vargas earned his nickname fighting as an amateur growing up in The Bronx. The Puerto Rican-born junior welterweight contender now has the opportunity to notch a career-defini...
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