Paul Butler STUNS British Boxing Fans
Former IBF bantamweight champion Paul Butler has an opponent for his October 25th date at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on. Butler, who relinquished the IBF 118lb belt to campaign in the 115lb division, will face Mexican flyweight Ismael Garnica (13-4-1, 5 KOs). The 25-year-old Butler was originally schduled to challenge IBF world super flyweight champion Zolani Tete on the show, but the South African was forced out of the fight when he fractured his hand, and now Butler will face Garnica over ten rounds at super flyweight.
Despite the change of opponent, Butler is still focused and determined to put on a devastating performance and knows that a win is crucial as he keeps busy before his contracted fight against Tete is rescheduled. “Just because it’s not Tete for the world title doesn’t mean that I’m taking my foot off the gas,” said Butler. “I will prepare even harder for Garnica as he’s a potential banana-skin for my fight against Tete. I can’t overlook him, or my world title fight is gone. He likes to come forward and put pressure on and he’ll be rock-hard like all Mexican fighters are, but I’ll be I’ll be one-hundred focused on Garnica and plan on showing my class by doing a top job on him.”