Jonas Sultan: record, next fight and profile →
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 permitted to enter an interim WBO bantamweight title fight versus Philippines’ Jonas Sultan, a late replacement for full champ John Riel Casimero this Friday at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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 in a bout where Sultan scored four knockdowns while surviving one of his own to emerge victorious Saturday evening at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Carlos Caraballo appreciates the conversations that mention his name as one of the hottest rising prospects in the sport today. However, it’s not quite the present-day goal he has in mind.
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 Williams)
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 Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City.
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-defining win roughly 10 miles from where he was raised. (photos by Mikey Williams)
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.
LOS ANGELES — Jonas Sultan started his fight against Sharone Carter with frenetic energy, so much so that as he kept charging forward, his counterpart was compelled to drag him down.
Ancajas, Sultan Fight Photos Gallery - International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas beat Jonas Sultan by unanimous decision on Saturday in the first all-Filipino world title fight in 93 years. (photos by Mikey Williams).