Paul Butler: record, next fight and profile →
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 which saw his bid versus WBO bantamweight titleholder fall by the wayside for the second time in four months.
Assurances have been made to the WBO that the bantamweight title fight in Liverpool does not include the involvement of longtime boxing adviser and accused crime lord Daniel Kinahan.
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.
John Riel Casimero has literally landed in hot water. The three-division titlist is now at risk of being forced to vacate his WBO bantamweight title due to his use of a sauna days ahead of a scheduled title defense in Liverpool.
Liverpool fan-favorite Paul Butler will aim to unseat world champion John Riel Casimero as Probellum brings its first show to Liverpool on Friday, April 22.
Paul Butler was prepared to leave his home country for a shot at becoming a two-time bantamweight titlist. The patience that has come in waiting out a new fight date will now come with a home game. John Riel Casimero will move forward with his mandatory defense of his WBO bantamweight title versus Butler, with the sanctioning body approving a request to reschedule for April 23 in Liverpool, England.
The World Boxing Organization has issued their resolution on the world title reign of John Riel Casimero, who will continue to hold the WBO championship at bantamweight.
Paul Butler has gone from title challenger to interim title hopeful to non-participant all in the span of the last 24 hours. Plans to stage a WBO interim bantamweight title fight between Butler and late replacement Joseph Agbeko were thwarted at the eleventh hour, event promoter Probellum announced Saturday morning. The bout was due to take place as part of Saturday's show from Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, with the winner was poised to receive a shot at WBO bantamweight titlist John Riel Casimero or even a straightaway upgrade to full champion status.
John Riel Casimero still remains a bantamweight titlist, although now officially on the clock. The three-division titlist was issued a Show Cause notice by the WBO, who has given Casimero (31-4, 21KOs) ten days to show medical proof of his inability to honor his mandatory title defense versus Paul Butler. The bout was due to take place this Saturday at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, only for Philippines’ Casimero to withdraw prior to the weigh-in as he cited a bout with gastritis.