Inoue stopped Butler in the 11th round, became the undisputed champion

Andrew Karlov Dec. 13, 2022, 7:21 a.m.

Paul Butler - Naoya Inoue

"Monster" Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) unified four bantamweight championship belts by patiently chasing and beating Paul Butler (34-3, 15 KOs), and finally knocked him down with a series of punches and got a stoppage at 1:09 of the eleventh round in the main event of the tournament on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan.

After the fight, Inoue stated that he planned to move up a weight class and become a champion in his fourth division.

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