Fast rising British prospect Paul Butler is looking forward to this weekends big WBO/WBC World Bantamweight title clash between Nonito Donaire and Omar Andres Narvaez, live on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456) from New York’s Madison Square Garden.
The 22-year-old super-flyweight from Ellesmere Port, who racked up his fifth straight win at the Liverpool Echo Arena last Saturday night, says he will move into the bantamweight division once he has conquered the fly and super-fly ranks.
Butler, a top amateur who won last year’s ABA title, said, “I love watching Donaire fight, he’s a classy and very talented boxer and one of the top pound-for-pound best in the world,”
“It looks like it will be great fight between Doaire and Narvaez, they’re both big punchers and skilful and I can’t see it going the distance, I can’t wait to see it live on BoxNation,”
“I’m a good few years away from mixing it with the likes of these guys, but they are a great inspiration to me and of course fighting at Madison Square Garden one day is my dream,”
“I want to make my mark by cleaning up at fly and super-flyweight and then moving into the bantamweights and face the best there, just like these guys have done,”
Butler put on a star performance on the undercard of Nathan Cleverly v Tony Bellew when he dropped David Kanalas four times in the first round before the referee stepped in.
He added, “I was really pleased with my win against Kanalas, I’ve been training hard with Anthony Farnell in the gym working on the body punching and the results paid off.”
*Live coverage of Donaire v Narvaez on BoxNation will start at 2am on Sunday morning*
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