Paul Butler: record, next fight and profile →
The oft-postponed middleweight title clash between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders is set to headline a BoxNation telecast on December 19 live from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Tickets are officially on sale as of Friday morning. Three title fights are confirmed the show, including a quick ring return for Terry Flanagan and Liam Smith.
Super-flyweight stars Jamie Conlan and Paul Butler are heading towards a potential blockbuster showdown next year and the pair will meet face-to-face next month. Conlan headlines a title packed Irish extravaganza show at Dublin’s National Stadium on Saturday 7th November when he makes the second defence of his WBO Intercontinental crown, exclusively live on BoxNation, with Butler providing commentary ringside TV commentary on the night.
Liverpool’s Paul Butler (8st 7lbs 6oz) made short work of Argentina’s Hector Rolando Guzman (8st 3lbs 4oz) at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall tonight in his second fight since losing his IBF Super flyweight title to Zolani Tete in March, a stunning eighth-round KO reverse.
Baby Faced Assassin’ Paul Butler (18-1), the former British, Commonwealth and IBF World titleholder will take part in a 10-round contest at the Wolves Civic on Saturday October 3rd on the co-promoted Frank Warren and P.J Rowson show, live and exclusive on BoxNation. The 26-year-old from Chester, who hovers between super-flyweight and bantamweight, adorned with major titles in both divisions, is awaiting news of his next opponent as he plans a route back to the world title contention.
BoxNation viewers can expect a fistic treat for the third weekend in a row when Manchester’s Turbo-charged Terry Flanagan contests the WBO World lightweight title with American Jose Zepeda on Saturday night. It follows Jamie Conlan’s pulsating victory over the Mexican Junior Granados in Dublin last week, a cracker of a contest in which the Ulsterman twice climbed off the canvas to claim the WBO Inter-Continental super-flyweight title in what surely must be a strong contender for Fight of the Year. This sets Conlan up nicely for a showdown with former world champion Paul Butler in what would be a sizzling domestic punch-up in either Liverpool or Dublin.
Manchester—The first of BoxNation’s live fights on the Frank Warren-promoted Terry Flanagan versus Jose Zepeda bill from the Velodrome venue saw local boy Macaulay McGowan (10st 13lbs 7oz) vying with Driffield’s Danny “Lethal” Little (11st 1lb) in a scheduled four-threes contest. Little looks like a miniature, orthodox version of Luis Collazo, albeit without Collazo's skill set; he won his first two professional fights before dropping a six-round decision to Dean Byrne.
Terry Flanagan and Jose Zepeda both put their unbeaten records on the line in their vacant lightweight title fight Saturday evening in Manchester, England. Both fighters made weight on Friday—Flanagan tipped the scales right at the 135 lb. limit, while Zepeda was a shade under at 134.5 lbs. for his first career fight in the United Kingdom.
Matchroom Sport have confirmed they are looking to stage Paul Butler’s British super flyweight title defence against Kal Yafai on October 17 in Birmingham, having won purse bids for the fight. Paul Butler, 17-1 (8 KOs), won the vacant British title back in November 2012 with a first round stoppage victory over John Donnelly. Butler hasn’t defend the title since he captured it, instead focusing on the Commonwealth and Inter-Continental titles as made his way up the world rankings.
Former IBF World Bantamweight Champion Paul Butler begins his comeback on Saturday 20th June at the Liverpool Olympia with a second world title still firmly in his sights. Butler headlines the show with Chorley hot-shot Jack Catterall defending his WBO Intercontinental Light-Welterweight title in the chief-support, plus top talents Tom Stalker, Steven Lewis, Joe Costello and more on the undercard, live and exclusive on BoxNation. The Ellesmere Port star is raring to return to action after suffering his first career loss to big-hitting Zolani Tete in March. Butler attempted to become the first British boxer in over 100 years to win a second world title at a lighter weight when he challenged for Tete’s IBF World Super-Flyweight crown, but was stopped in the eighth by the big-hitting South African.
By Frank Warreb Who will win the big fight on 2 May? We are not talking Floyd Mayweather Jnr v Manny Pacquiao here, but the battle between the two most famous ringmasters of ceremony, Michael Buffer v Jimmy Lennon Jnr. Boxing’s version of The Voice is one of the most fascinating aspects of the $300 million showdown in Las Vegas which is to be jointly televised in the United States by rival networks HBO and Showtime. This brings an intriguing situation. Pacquiao is contracted to HBO, who use Buffer as their regular announcer, and Mayweather to Showtime, for whom Lennon is the main man with the microphone. So who gets to do the mega-bucks job at the MGM Grand? The likely outcome is a split decision, with 70-year-old Buffer and Lennon, 56, sharing the honours, each taking turns to announce their own network’s fighter.