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Inoue vs. Butler: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Naoya Inoue (The Monster) and Paul Butler (Baby Faced Assassin) put their bantamweight belts on the line. Inoue brings the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts. Butler brings the WBO belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler
Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler

Date

This fight between Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler took place on at the Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Paul Butler is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Naoya Inoue is 165 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Inoue has longer reach of 171 cm, which is 3 cms longer than Butler's 168 cm. Inoue also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Butler.

Inoue is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 23-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Nonito Donaire, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Nonito Donaire's boxing career

Butler comes in with a record of 34-2 (15 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 21 days ago against Jonas Sultan, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Jonas Sultan's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Inoue will be 29 years and 8 months old. Butler will be 34 years and 1 month old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 70-30 in favor of Naoya Inoue. Here is the prediction for Inoue vs Butler.

Naoya Inoue should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Paul Butler to win this one.

Result

Naoya Inoue defeated Paul Butler via 11th round KO to win the WBO bantamweight title and retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles. Butler's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Inoue advances his win streak to 24. Inoue is now 24-0, and Butler 34-3.

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