On June 6, 2024, a 28-year-old Steven Butler (34-4-1, 28 KOs) and Patrice Volny met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Butler came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days.
Steven Butler lost to Patrice Volny via TKO in the 9th round, and adds a loss to his record at 34-5-1.
On May 13, 2023, a 27-year-old Steven Butler (32-3-1, 26 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBO title held by 30-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Janibek Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8 KOs).
Butler came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 27 days. Alimkhanuly was on a 13-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
Janibek Alimkhanuly made very easy work of Steven Butler, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 14-0 (9 KOs), while Butler adds a loss to his record at 32-4-1.
On January 29, 2021, a 25-year-old Steven Butler (28-2-1, 24 KOs) and Jose de Jesus Macias met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Butler came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 6 days.
Steven Butler lost to Jose de Jesus Macias via TKO in the 5th round, and adds a loss to his record at 28-3-1.
On December 23, 2019, a 24-year-old Steven Butler (28-1-1, 24 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA (Regular) title held by 33-year-old Japanese boxer Ryota Murata (15-2, 12 KOs).
Butler came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 27 days. Murata was on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 11 days.
Ryōta Murata stopped Steven Butler via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) middleweight title. Murata improves his record to 16-2 (13 KOs), while Butler adds a loss to his record at 28-2-1.
On January 28, 2017, a 21-year-old Steven Butler (18-0-1, 15 KOs) and Brandon Cook met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Butler came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Steven Butler lost to Brandon Cook via TKO in the 7th round, and adds a loss to his record at 18-1-1.