Zolani Tete vs. Paul Butler RBR

2 KO's out of 13, but his opponent obviously packs sugarglass

 

Jesus Rojas resume is ****ing terrible

 

That guy wouldn't make it past 3 minutes in a barfight either :-(

 

The British public, pundits and bookies had him a huge favorite going in. He may not have been a huge hype job, but he was still hyped well above his level.

He just got lucky to get the domestic level Stuart Hall after he picked up belt.

 

Shiming vs Satchell anyone

 

although it was plenty good enough to stump Butler i wasn't crazy about Tete's jab, especially vs a truly elite fighter like Inoue. too much careless pawing. his ring generalship and reluctance to throw the right hook with Butler so open to it didn't impress me much either. he should've had Butler out of there in two rounds.

 

Ruenroeng would be a better opponent.

 

Sorry for being late to the party.

Regarding Shiming/Ruenroeng and Satchell, he'll likely have to get behind Johnriel Casimero who is the mandatory for tomorrow's winner. Without being nasty to anyone involved, I suspect Casimero's the pick of the bunch.

Now on a "less" nice level. Paul Butler looked terrible. I've seen a bit of him and need to actually say "he wouldn't a Japanese title". He's light year's behind the likes of Inoue, and I mean Takuma there. Ryo Matsumoto might be heading to Bantamweight/Super Bantamweight but even the weight drained Ryo would have had a field day with Butler. Ishida would have done a similar jab to Tete, probably with out the finish, Tobe and Eto could have given him serious problems.

Igarashi has looked awful recently but I'd have given him a 50-50 shot at beating Butler on tonights performance, the same odds I'd offer with Onaga.

 

I saw it as a good measuring stick, it is an educated jab, dat left uppercut doesn't land without it. It was one of the reasons I fancied him for this fight to begin with, how he used that southpaw jab, and keeping in mind how he has matured, not aged since that so called "bottle job"

He had Butler trying parry AKA "reacting" to his moves and took control from there, great use of the jab