Paul Butler needed to do something spectacular to create the headlines following another Ian John-Lewis officiating controversy at Liverpool’s Olympia last night and, by flooring John Donnelly with a devastating left hook to the body to claim the vacant British super flyweight belt with a first round knockout, the 23-year-old from Ellesmere Port did just that.
The fight may have lasted just 69 seconds but that was more than long enough for Butler (114 lbs( to fulfill the promise he has already shown in his brief but exciting nine fight career, 9-0 (4). Donnelly (114½lbs), came out aggressively, but that just gave his former sparring partner the opportunity to unleash his trademark body attack. The first meaningful hook that Butler got through with landed with a sickening thud. It bought matters to an early conclusion and sent ‘The Baby Faced Assassin’s?fans wild. With the victory, Butler becomes Manchester based trainer Anthony Farnell’s first British champion.
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The fight may have lasted just 69 seconds but that was more than long enough for Butler (114 lbs( to fulfill the promise he has already shown in his brief but exciting nine fight career, 9-0 (4). Donnelly (114½lbs), came out aggressively, but that just gave his former sparring partner the opportunity to unleash his trademark body attack. The first meaningful hook that Butler got through with landed with a sickening thud. It bought matters to an early conclusion and sent ‘The Baby Faced Assassin’s?fans wild. With the victory, Butler becomes Manchester based trainer Anthony Farnell’s first British champion.
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