CEBU CITY, Philippines -- The much-awaited showdown between unbeaten Japanese Naoya "Monster" Inoue and British world champion Paul "Baby Faced Assassin" Butler will happen on
Naoya Inoue posing with his world title belts with Paul Butler flashed in the background screen. | Photo from Inoue’s official Twitter page.
Inoue has a pristine record of 23 wins with 20 knockouts and is one title away from becoming the undisputed world bantamweight champion.Meanwhile, Butler earned the WBO world bantamweight strap after being elevated as the regular champion after Filipino Johnriel Casimero was stripped of the title. Butler, instead fought and defeated another Filipino, Jonas Sultan via unanimous decision in Liverpool, England to defend his newly-earned world title.
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