Paul Butler: record, next fight and profile →
Australian Mayhem, Jason Moloney, has landed himself at number 1 in the latest World Boxing Council & World Boxing Organizations ratings, with the hopes of a world title shot being imminent.
Paul Butler was giddy with anticipation watching Naoya Inoue terrorize yet another opponent. Inoue, the Japanese dynamo, made mincemeat of future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire on Tuesday, stopping the Filipino veteran in two rounds of their 12-round, 118-pound title unification bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
WBO bantamweight champion Paul Butler is ready and willing to face Naoya Inoue in an undisputed showdown - and the British boxer could care less where the fight takes place.
Lee McGregor wants a world title shot this year or he’s launching an attack on the weight divisions above. The European, British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion is “licking his lips” at the thought of challenging WBO titleholder Paul Butler but admits if he can’t land that shot in 2022, then he will be forced to move up a weight class.
Sunny Edwards is “one billion percent” serious about challenging new world bantamweight champion Paul Butler. But Edwards, the unbeaten flyweight title holder, doesn’t believe Butler would accept the fight even though ‘Showtime’ would be moving up two weight divisions to make it happen.
There will be no big celebration tonight for Paul Butler despite being elevated to being WBO bantamweight champion after the decision by the WBO to strip John Riel Casimero of the title. Butler already had plans, which meant he was at his old amateur club training youngsters.
John Riel Casimero’s bantamweight title reign ends with a whimper. In a unanimous verdict, the WBO Executive Committee voted in favor of stripping Casimero of his WBO bantamweight title for failure to defend on the second straight occasion.
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 Philippines in Liverpool.
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 new opponent and with modified stakes. Butler was previously prepared to
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 Casimero was pulled again for weight related issues.