British boxing stars Chris Eubank Jnr. and Paul Butler kick start 2015 with the big news that they will fight for world titles, live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Eubank Jnr. returns to the ring against the interim WBA middleweight titleholder Dmitry Chudinov at London’s O2 arena on Saturday 28th February, whilst undefeated Butler challenges IBF World Super-Flyweight titleholder Zolani Tete on Friday 6th March in Liverpool.
For Eubank Jnr. it’s an immediate high-level comeback following his very close split decision loss to bitter rival Billy Joe Saunders in November.
Although it was the 25-year-old’s first career loss in 19 fights, many ringside observers felt that he showed the qualities of future champion which will be improved with more big fight experience.
He now gets to prove his mettle when he faces hard Russian Chudinov who’s unbeaten in 16 fights with nine KO’s. A win for Eubank could also see a mouthwatering rematch against Saunders if he is successful in his WBO world title challenge against new champion Andy Lee when the fight is confirmed.
Ellesmere Port ace Butler bids to become the first British boxer in over a 100 years to win a second world title at a lighter weight, with the last being Cornish heavyweight legend Bob Fitzsimmons.
Butler raced to his first world title in June when he stepped up to bantamweight and defeated Stuart Hall to capture IBF belt and become the fastest Englishman to win a world title in the least amount of fights.
The 25-year-old talent returns to the 115 pound division to face South African Tete who had to withdraw from their scheduled fight in October after breaking his hand in training.
Promoter Frank Warren said, “It’s been a busy Christmas period, but I’m delighted to secure world title fights for Chris and Paul early in the new year which is fantastic news for them. For Chris, it was a close fight against Billy and the loss to a big rival would have been hard to take, but he now has a great opportunity to go straight back into the ring and claim a world championship belt and prove that he’s learned from the loss.
“I believe that Paul is a super-talent and I’m especially pleased to deliver him a second world title opportunity against Tete which should have happened in October. He gets the chance now and I’m sure he’ll grab the opportunity with both hands. It’s a great start to the year.”
