Inoue and Butler reportedly agreed for December in Japan – British Boxing BBTV

Extremely-respected boxing author Mike Coppinger reported on Thursday that an undisputed bantamweight conflict between Japan’s Naoya Inoue and Britain’s Paul Butler has been agreed for December thirteenth in Japan.

Inoue, one of many sport’s finest pound-for-pound fighters and a famous person in his house nation, impressed final day trip as he stopped future Corridor of Famer Nonito Donaire inside two rounds in June with the WBC, IBF and WBA straps on the road, whereas Butler surmounted Jonas Sultan in his house metropolis of Liverpool in April. The Liverpudlian was upgraded to full WBO champion within the aftermath following the previous holder, John Riel Casimero‘s, persistent failures in making the burden.

December thirteenth falls on a Tuesday, a typical day for giant title fights to happen in Japan, and victory for the Liverpool man will little question present the very best early Christmas current as he prepares to go head-to-head with the most effective fighters on the planet proper now. Inoue is a ruthless finisher with scary accuracy, and one want solely have a look at the Kanagawa man’s knockout reel to grasp the wealth of the problem ready forward for the thirty-three-year-old Brit as he gears in the direction of touchdown what can be one of many biggest victories from a British fighter on away soil.