On May 5, 2018, Emmanuel Rodríguez (17-0, 12 KOs) and Paul Butler (26-1, 14 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF bantamweight world titles. The vacant IBF bantamweight title is also on the line.
Emmanuel Rodríguez is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round RTD victory over Giovanni Delgado, 9 months ago. Paul Butler is on a 9-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Jefferson Vargas, 3 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Emmanuel Rodríguez at 99-1 winning odds. Paul Butler really doesn't have much to present against Rodríguez.
Emmanuel Rodríguez defeated Paul Butler via unanimous decision . Rodríguez improves his record to 18-0, while Butler adds a loss to his record at 26-2.