Naoya Inoue has said he is ready to fight the British boxer Paul Butler ‘any time and anywhere’ in his quest to become the undisputed world champion
Naoya Inoue has said he is ready to fight the British boxer Paul Butler “any time and anywhere” in his quest to claim a fourth bantamweight title and become the undisputed world champion.
“My gym is still in negotiations over the Butler fight, and things are moving in the right direction, although I don’t think the details have been worked out,” Inoue said. “I haven’t watched his bouts in their entirety, but I can see he is a talented and aggressive boxer.” A shift up a division could begin with a showdown with whoever prevails in a possible matchup between the Uzbek fighter Murodjon Akhmadaliev – who holds two belts in the division – and the American Stephen Fulton, owner of the other two belts.
“I knew getting the pound-for-pound recognition would depend on the manner of my victory over Donaire, so in that sense it was the best result possible and I’m very satisfied,” said Inoue, the first Japanese to hold the mythical ranking. “Now that I’m ranked No 1, I think I should get the fights I deserve, and that means unifying the four titles and then moving up to super bantamweight.”
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