Connor Butler (11-0-1) puts his undefeated record on the line as he takes on the vastly more experienced Welshmen Jay Harris (20-3-0), up for grabs will be the British, Commonwealth and European titles. It takes place at the Olympia in Liverpool.
Home favourite Butler will defend both his Commonwealth and European titles and will be fighting in his home city for the tenth time. His last fight was against Matt Windle (7-4-1) and this is where “Top Dog” captured the European title after winning via unanimous decision.
The 26-year-old claimed the Commonwealth title at the Hilton Hotel Portomaso, St Julian’s in Malta where he put aside Craig Derbyshire (8-28-4) to win the title via unanimous decision.
Butler has only been a professional since 2018 whereas his opponent Harris has been a professional for over a decade.
Out of the two it’s Harris who’s been in there with the bigger names. The Welshmen traveled to Frisco, Texas and took on Julio Cesar Martinez for the vacant WBC flyweight title and went the distance.
In his last fight the man from Swansea claimed the British title at the Magna Centre, Rotherham after Tommy Frank’s corner threw the towel in.
If Jay Harris wins tonight, he will be the first Welshman to win two European titles for over 100 years. The last man to do it was Newport’s Johnny Basham who is the only other Welshman to do it.
Earlier in the week this huge Anglo-Welsh clash was not being televised on a mainstream channel, but was later bought by broadcaster DAZN and will now be streamed Worldwide instead of being a small hall event where only a few hundred people can watch.
Writers Thoughts:
This is definitely a step up for the man from Liverpool as Harris has been to the very top of the sport and fought for a world title, whereas Butler has yet to face an opponent that hasn’t got a defeat on their record.
I believe that Harris will be too experienced in this fight, but I believe the Welshmen will need to not leave it up to the judges if he wants any chance of winning the fight.
Winner: Jay Harris, TKO-Rnd 9
Full card:
- Connor Butler vs. Jay Harris; For the British, Commonwealth and European Flyweight titles
- Jack Turner vs. Kassim Mfaume; Bantamweight
- Joe McGrail vs. TBA; Featherweight
- Daylan Gonzalez vs. TBA; Featherweight
- Kurt Wiggins vs. Nabil Ahmed; Bantamweight
- Hakeem Palmer vs. Vasif Mamedov; Middleweight
- Paul Ryan vs. Octavian Gratii; Light Middleweight
- Ethan Brown vs. Stefan Vincent; Super Lightweight
- Rio Pierre vs. Ricky Leach; Super Featherweight
Words By Harry Tovey
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