CEBU CITY, Philippines — Paul "Baby Faced Assassin" Butler made easy work on last-minute opponent, Jonas "Zorro" Sultan to becoming the World Boxing Organization (WBO)
Paul Butler scores a unanimous decision win over “last minute foe” Jonas Sultan during their interim world title match in Liverpool, England. | Photo from Probellum
The 33-year-old Butler was supposedly scheduled to challenge the reigning WBO world bantamweight champion Johnriel Casimero, but the latter botched his title defense anew after the British Boxing Board of Control caught him using a sauna to shed weight during the fight week. Butler defeated Sultan via unanimous decision after 12-rounds. Judge Howard Foster scored the bout 116-112, while Fernando Laguna saw it 117-111, and Manuel Oliver Palomo has it 118-110, all in favor of the British world champion.
“It’s been a long journey and we only had 48 hours to come up with a gameplan for Sultan but that’s what I can do.If there’s a boxer who deserved to become a world champion, that would be no one but Butler himself.
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