Naoya Inoue challenged to undisputed bantamweight title fight by England’s Paul Butler

Naoya Inoue already seems to have his next fight set up after Paul Butler called for an undisputed bantamweight title fight.

Just a matter of hours ago, Naoya Inoue continued to prove why he’s one of the pound-for-pound best boxers on the planet as he demolished Nonito Donaire in Saitama, Japan.

In addition to retaining The Ring, WBA (Super) and IBF bantamweight titles, he also managed to capture Donaire’s WBC crown with a second round TKO that reminded everyone why he’s known as ‘The Monster’.

Inoue immediately noted that he’s interested in becoming the undisputed bantamweight king but if he wants to achieve that goal, he needs to take the WBO belt off of England’s own Paul Butler.

Butler, 33, quickly made it known to DAZN that this is the kind of bout he’s been looking for.

“We’re ready to go. I’d pack my bags tomorrow” said Butler. “He’s the fighter that’s number one in my weight class but that doesn’t mean I’m not a huge fan of his. How couldn’t you be? I’ve been in with a few world class fighters, but Inoue is just something else. 

“Talks have been had about an undisputed fight and Inoue’s team want the fight to happen next before he looks on moving up, so that means this year. Undisputed is everything to him and he can’t do that before he fights me. I’m desperate for the fight and I’m going to go over there and give it everything I’ve got because that’s what it’s going to take to beat a fighter like Inoue.”

While he may have two pro losses on his record, Paul Butler also has an astonishing 34 wins to his name – which includes an eight-fight win streak that he’s currently riding.

His most recent outing took place in his beloved Liverpool which is where he won the interim WBO title, beating Jonas Sultan, eventually