Paul butler vs Zolani tete

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  1. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Looks a hard fight for paul, tete is a huge super fly, rangy and fast and packs a punch with solid skills. But butler is special so I do think he can pull it off, 2 weight world champ.
     
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    hope so tete looks twice the size!!
     
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    Really good fight, tough one for Butler, his first real test imo. Promplem for Butler is he's in the same weight class as Inoue.
     
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    Hard hard fight.....be a two weight world champion in under 20 fights is unreal. I can see inoue going up and down the weights so may never cross paths. Butler is WBO #1 to fight him next though.
     
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    Cracking opportunity for him, tough fight no doubt but I'd say size isn't something he particularly struggles with (look at how he moved hall around the ring - yes I know Hall isn't the greatest but still..!)

    And as for future fights, he should have a few gimme defences, as he's still learning - I wouldn't expect him to be in any majorly taxing fights tbh.
     
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    Never faced a southpaw in the pros though, heard they have massively struggled finding sparring partners. See how it goes.
     
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    paul b shouldn't be afraid of inoue
     
  8. Metal Man

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    Interesting fight Teet looks big.The only way i see Tete winning is by stoppage.Butler can really move and box and should take a UD if it goes to the scorecards.