Butler vs Valenzuela Jr

Who won Butler vs Valenzuela Jr?

Steven Butler beat Paul Valenzuela Jr by knockout in the 1st round on Thursday 26th September 2019 at Montreal Casino in Quebec.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Butler vs Valenzuela Jr stats

Back in September 2019, Steven Butler stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Paul Valenzuela Jr made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Butler had advantage in power over Valenzuela Jr, with a 85% knock out percentage over Valenzuela Jr's 67%.

Steven Butler was the younger man by 9 years, at 24 years old.

Butler had a height advantage of 2 inches over Valenzuela Jr. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Steven Butler & Paul Valenzuela Jr fought out of an orthodox stance.

Butler was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 8 months later than Valenzuela Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 165 to Valenzuela Jr's 173.

Steven Butler went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 4 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 8 by the IBF at middleweight.

Butler vs Valenzuela Jr form

Butler had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Vitalii Kopylenko on 2nd May 2019 by split decision in their 10 round contest at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Nevada, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Jesus Antonio Gutierrez on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Le Centre Financiere Sun Life, Quebec, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jordan Balmir on 6th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Centre Videotron, Quebec.

Before that, he had beat Carson Jones on 23rd June 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Montreal Casino, Quebec.

He had been beaten by Brandon Cook on 28th January 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Bell Centre, Montreal.

Activity check

Butler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

Valenzuela Jr's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

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