On March 6, 2015, Zolani Tete (19-3, 16 KOs), the super-flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Paul Butler (17-0, 8 KOs).
Zolani Tete is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Teiru Kinoshita, 7 months and 16 days ago. Paul Butler is on a 17-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Ismael Garnica, 4 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Zolani Tete at 99-1 winning odds. Paul Butler really doesn't have much to present against Tete.
Zolani Tete stopped Paul Butler via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-flyweight title. Tete improves his record to 20-3 (17 KOs), while Butler adds a loss to his record at 17-1.