AT LAST! The battle of overrated 29 year old Québécois super middleweight brawlers with terrible nicknames! Headlining at Théâtre St-Denis on March fourteenth, airing on ESPN+. Common opponents: José de Jesús Macías - defeated Butler via TKO5 in 2021; lost to Bazinyan via UD10 in 2023. Roody François René - lost to Butler via UD4 in 2014; lost to Bazinyan via TKO4 in 2015. Both suffered KO losses in their biggest steps up in class within the last couple of years - Armenian born Bazinyan challenging Jaime Munguía for the WBC Silver title in September, and Montreal native Butler challenging Zhanibek Alimkhanuly for the WBO middleweight title in May of 2024.
