Naoya Inoue stops Paul Butler to become undisputed bantamweight champion | Boxing News
Naoya Inoue stopped Britain’s Paul Butler to become boxing’s first undisputed bantamweight champion in 50 years.
The unbeaten Japanese fighter, who improves his professional record to 24-0 (21 KOs), knocked Butler down in the 11th round of a one-sided contest, with the Englishman unable to beat the referee’s count.
Inoue gains undisputed status by adding Butler’s WBO belt to his WBA, WBC and IBF titles, with the 29-year-old after the fight stating his intention to move up to super-bantamweight in an attempt to become a four-division world champion.
Butler, who became a world champion for the second time in his career in May when he was elevated from interim to full WBO champion status after former title holder John Riel Casimero was stripped of the belt, loses for the third time in 37 professional contests.
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