Joe Gallagher has criticised the way Paul Butler is being talked about ahead of his huge fight with Naoya Inoue.
Butler, who was elevated from interim to full WBO champion in May, will take on Inoue for the undisputed bantamweight title in Tokyo on December 13. Inoue currently holds the WBA, IBF and WBC titles and is undefeated in 23 fights with 20 knockouts, while Butler has 34 wins and two losses to his name.
The winner of the historic bout is set to become boxing’s first undisputed bantamweight champion in half a century. And Gallagher believes his fighter deserves more respect than he is currently being shown, and what he has already achieved inside the ring deserves more recognition.
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