Steven Butler: record, next fight and profile →
Eye of the Tiger Management will start the year 2021 on a high note with a boxing card presented on Punching Grace on January 30, live from Cuernavaca, Mexico. The grand finale of this event will ultimately be ensured by the clash between Steven “Bang Bang” Butler (28-2-1, 24 KOs) and Jose de Jesus Macias (27-10-3, 13 KOs), where the WBC Francophone and NABF titles will be at stake.
Next January, Eye of the Tiger Management will host another world-class boxing gala with it’s share of local flavor. This event, presented by La Queen beer and Mise-O-Jeu, will feature the fight between Montrealer Steven “Bang Bang” Butler (28-2-1, 24 KOs) against Coteaulacois, Francis “The people's champ” Lafreniere (20-7-2, 11 KOs).
Steven Butler and Marcos Reyes nearly came to blows during their obligatory post weigh-in staredown on Wednesday. It’s the closest they will come to an actual fight for the time being. Event handlers Eye of the Tiger Management were forced to pull the plug on a show scheduled to take place Thursday evening at Casino de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. Butler and Reyes were due to collide in a battle of fringe contenders in the main event, having even both made weight on Wednesday and engaging in a brief shoving match before being separated by their respective team members.
The past 12 months proved far more memorable to Ryota Murata than was the case a year ago. The two-time and reigning secondary middleweight titlist closed out 2019 with a bang, taking out Steven 'Bang Bang' Butler in a one-sided 5th round stoppage win Monday evening at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Murata dropped Canada's Butler late in round five, prompting an immediate stoppage. The official time was 2:45 of round five.
All participants on Monday’s ESPN+ show did their job at the scale one day prior. The stacked title fight tripleheader goes off without a hitch, as everyone making weight for the pre-holiday show Monday evening live from Yokohama, Japan. Headlining the show, 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and local hero Ryota Murata faces Canada’s Steven Butler in a 12-round middleweight heat.
Two days before Christmas, American fight fans will be treated to a special fistic stocking stuffer, a world championship tripleheader plus the return of the former pound-for-pound king and future Hall of Famer, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.
It's not the traditional New Year's Eve show that regularly comes out of Japan but still a card which helps end the year with a bang. A press conference was held Wednesday afternoon in Japan to announce one of the best shows of 2019, which will take place Dec. 23 at Yokohoma Arena in Yokohoma, Japan. Topping the loaded tripleheader, 2012 Olympic Gold medalist Ryota Murata returns to his home region as he faces Canada's Steven Butler. The show will also feature an A-list junior flyweight title unification clash between Japan's Ken Shiro (16-0, 9KOs) and Nicaragua's Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30KOs), as well as long-reigningflyweight titlist Moruti Mhtalane (38-2, 25KOs) in a title defense versus former three-division champ and local cult hero Akira Yaegashi (28-6, 16KOs).
Steven Butler was presented with a direct path to a title shot. In choosing another direction, the streaking contender has now disrupted plans for two middleweight fights. The timeframe will remain the same for Canada’s Butler, whom BoxingScene.com has learned will now instead challenge Ryota Murata for the latter’s World Boxing Association (WBA) secondary middleweight title. The bout is being targeted for December in Japan, to stream live on ESPN+ in the United States although an exact date and location have yet to come to surface
A title shot awaits Steven Butler—if he and his team decide that’s the next best step for his career. As previously reported, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) has assigned Canada’s Butler (28-1-1, 24KOs) as the mandatory challenge for unbeaten middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade (28-0, 17KOs). The bout was formally ordered on Oct. 2, with the two camps instructed to begin
The two primary content providers for sports streaming service DAZN are called to negotiate a middleweight title fight. It’s not the one that everyone expected but at the very least provides traffic for the loaded division. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has ordered a bout between reigning unbeaten middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade (28-0, 17KOs) and mandatory challenger Steven Butler (28-1-1, 24KOs). Both camps were notified of the order on Wednesday and have been given 30 days to negotiate terms for the fight or else be subject to a purse bid hearing.