Paul Butler’s undisputed clash with Naoya Inoue has officially been confirmed!
Butler will meet Inoue in Tokyo for the opportunity to become undisputed world Bantamweight champion.
Inoue, who holds the WBA, WBC and IBF world titles, will take on WBO champion Paul Butler on 13th December at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, in front of 15,000 baying Japanese fans.
Butler (34-2, 15 KOs), won the WBO interim title in April with a unanimous points victory over Jonas Sultan and was then upgraded to full champion after John Riel Casimero was stripped of the belt. And the 33-year-old heads to the Land of the Rising Sun, fully intent on becoming boxing’s first undisputed bantamweight champion in half a century and scoring one of the biggest away wins by a British fighter ever.
Paul said: “I’ve been boxing for over 20 years and all the successes and set-backs have led me here, to the biggest fight of my career, with the biggest prize in the sport on offer.
“I am under no illusions as to the size of the task that faces me, but I have been going to bed dreaming of becoming the undisputed bantamweight champion of the world.
“Inoue is a phenomenal fighter but not one person should be underestimating me, my skills, or my resolve. I am going to Japan to write my name into the history of our sport.”