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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Butler Loses By KO For Second Time In A Row; Akhmedov
Remains Undefeated
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL —— The Montrealer Steven Butler suffered of his
second consecutive loss by KO Friday night in Cuernavaca,
Mexico. The Mexican Jose De Jesus Macias (27-10-3) beat
Butler (28-3-1) by KO in the fifth round.
Butler started the fight on a good note, he did very well
technically in the first four rounds, but Macias connected
him with a solid right hand on the chin in the fifth round,
Butler was clearly hurt. Macias followed with a solid left
hook on the chin, and he scored a KO.
“Steven was excellent in the first four rounds, he was
intense and good technically, but Macias surprised him in
the fifth round, like you saw it,” said Mike Moffa, Butler’s
trainer.
It was a 13th win KO for Macias. Butler won 24 times by KO
or TKO.
At his previous bout, December 23rd in Yokohama, Japan,
Butler lost by TKO in the seventh round against the WBA
middleweight (160 pounds) champion of the world, the
Japanese Ryota Murata (16-2-0).
Just before the fight Butler-Macias, the Montrealer Russian
Sadriddin Akhmedov stayed undefeated (12-0-0) in pro boxing,
beating Stephen Danyo (17-4-3), from the Netherlands, by
unanimous decision in a NABF North American super
middleweight (168 pounds) championship.
“Sadriddin proved again that he is a great fighter,” said
the trainer Marc Ramsay. “He fought intensively, and he did
so well technically. He will certainly have a great boxing
career.”
Akhmedov should be ranked in the world before the end of the
year.
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