Former middleweight title challenger Steven ‘Bang Bang’ Butler (34-4-1, 28 KOs) destroyed Steve Rolls (22-4, 12 KOs) in the first round at the sold out Montreal Casino in the latest chapter of the Quebec-Ontario rivalry. A series of shots crumpled Rolls on the ropes and the bout was stopped. The bout lasted 65 seconds.
Unbeaten super middleweight Osleys ‘El Tornado’ Iglesias (10-0, 9 KOs) scored a first round knockout over Marcelo ‘El Terrible’ Coceres (32-7-1, 18 KOs). A left hook to the head finished Coceres.
In a clash for the vacant WBC female heavyweight title, Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (7-1, 2 KOs) scored a ten round split decision over Abril Vidal (10-2, 4 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93 for Lepage-Joanisse and 96-94 for Vidal.
Unbeaten 2016 Olympian junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov (14-0, 12 KOs) knocked out Cristian Palma (33-14-2, 7 KOs) with a body shot in round three. Time was 3:00.
Other Results:
Luis Santana KO2 Emiliano Garcia (lightweight)
Mehmet Unal W8 Facundo Galovar (light heavyweight)
Jhon Orobio TKO2 Cristian Gonzalez (lightweight)
Wilkens Mathieu TKO2 Patrik Fiala (light heavyweight)
That was a vicious knockout! He got caught in the ropes and Butler just unloaded! I thought Rolls would win this fight but, with as week as middleweight is, Butler may see himself to another title shot and, at 39, may be the end of the line for Rolls. I always did like Rolls.
Yes, besides the ropes, I think a couple of the hooks kept rolls from going through the ropes. He never saw that right hand right on his chin. I think you are right, he may get another shot in that division.
You’re right, he didn’t see it at all. Actually looked like Rolls had his hand up, blocking his own view of the shot. This will definitely get him back in someone’s rankings. I think Butler – Mosley Jr. might be a good fight. Winner of that would surely get a title shot.
160 used to such a marquee division. Seems like it holds the same honor as cruiserweights now .
I like Rolls too. He is local to me and I have seen him fight live. Thought he would win this one. I honestly thought he beat Berlanga and was right there with Amo Williams. Guess he just got caught.
I remember thinking he nipped Berlanga as well. Okay fine, Butler beat him, but I never would have expected this type of result.
That could’ve turned out really bad had Butler connected with those vicious hooks! It was almost reminiscent of Mercer vs Tommy Morrison right!
Not sure why Rolls was favored at age 39-took Butler earlier in the week at -110, but by fight time he was +110. Maybe because of the knockouts Butler has received and Rolls considered more of a puncher.
maybe age has caught up with rolls ? is butler a heavy handed puncher? who knows rolls looked confused when the end came the ladies fight for the heavy championship was a good fight very competitive
Butler does have heavy hands and he’s a really good athlete. He usually falls apart when he steps up though but maybe Rolls isn’t a step up anymore.
Yeah, I looked up his record and everytime he has stepped up results in a knockout. He has a new trainer, John Scully and he is still young, 28 with like 40 fights. Lucie, Mosley jr. would be a possibility. He would be more mobile and has a decent chin too. Or he could go all Canadian and move up to fight mbilli. I think he would get trounced.
I’m not super high on Mbilli, but I think he beats Butler. It would be fun as hell while it lasted though. I don’t remember the guy’s name but Butler also went down to Mexico maybe 2-3 years ago now and got blasted by like some random guy and he wasn’t a puncher. There he is, Jose de Jesus Macias. He has 14 ko’s in 45 fights and one of them is over Butler and I saw the end, he SMASHED him. So I think Butler’s chin will always be a problem for him, instead of going up, maybe he could go down; but if that were possible, he probably would have done it already.