Tony Bellew scored his 2nd knockout over David Haye in the last 14 months as the former star of “Creed” scored a 5th round stoppage in a battle of former world champions at the O2 Arena in London.
The Epic rematch was shown live and exclusively in the United State on AWE-A Wealth of Entertainment and www.klowdtv.com
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated Emmanuel Rodriguez (18-0, 12 KOs) was far too good for Paul Butler (26-2, 14 KOs) in beating him by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to capture the vacant IBF bantamweight title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. The scores were 118-108, 120-106, and 120-106.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew weighed in at 210 pounds on Friday at the weigh-in for his rematch with former 2 division world champion David ‘Haymaker’ Haye this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. There was a lot of jawing back and forth during the face off between the two fighters, but it looked like they were doing more so to show off rather than there being a lot of bad blood between them. This was a calmer weigh-in than last year between the two.
By Scott Gilfoid: Emmanuel Rodriguez (17-0, 12 KOs) and Paul Butler (26-1, 14 KOs) have agreed on a deal to face each other for the vacant IBF bantamweight title on May 5th on the undercard of the Tony Bellew vs. David Haye 2 rematch at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn wants #4 IBF Paul Butler (26-1, 14 KOs) to face unbeaten #3 IBF Emmanuel Rodriguez (17-0, 12 KOs) for the vacant IBF World bantamweight title that Ryan Burnett (18-0, 9 KOs) vacated this week.
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By Olly Campbell: Later this evening in the city of Liverpool, the roof will come off of the Echo Arena when Ellsemere Port’s Baby Faced Assassin, Paul Butler, attempts to make history by becoming the first British fighter in 119 years to win a second world title by moving DOWN in weight to a lighter division.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super flyweight champion Zolani Tete (20-3, 17 KOs) simply had too size, too much speed, and too much talent for the badly over-matched #9 IBF, #11 WBO Paul Butler (17-1, 8 KOs) in knocking out the previously unbeaten Brit in the 8th round of their fight last Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK.
Tete, 26, ended the fight with a crushing right uppercut to the chin of Butler that sent the British fighter down on the canvas on his backside. Butler then sat for a second trying to collect himself before the referee Phil Edwards did the only thing he could under the circumstances and halted the fight at 1:34 of the 8th round.
Earlier in the round, Tete had nailed Butler with another huge right uppercut that stopped him in his tracks, and had him momentarily spinning his gears without moving. Once Butler started moving again, he motioned for Tete to continue to throw punches.
By Ian Aldous: On Saturday June 7th, Stuart ‘Stuey’ Hall (16-2) defends his IBF world bantamweight championship against undefeated challenger, Paul ‘Baby faced assassin’ Butler (15-0) at the Metro Radio arena in Newcastle, England. The all-British clash entitled ‘Rampage’ is promoted by Dennis Hobson promotions in association with Queensberry promotions and will be broadcast live on Boxnation in the UK.