Monday, January 11, 2010

Friday Night

Friday Night
By Tom Donelson
(IB-January 11, 2010) - There was a time that Lionel Butler had dreams of winning a Heavyweight titles but those dreams died long ago.  Now he is an opponent, a fighter other young prospects fight on their way up.  At the age of 42 and weighing nearly 280 pounds, Butler came into his fight with Russian Andrey Fedosov overweight and out of shape.  His only option was for the Russian to fight him on the inside, so he didn’t have t chase his opponent and hope that lightening can strike early. 
In a competitive first round, Butler did very little chasing but he didn’t have to for Fedosov was perfectly willing to stand in front of the bigger Butler. Butler outweighed his opponent by over 50 pounds and having Fedosov exchanged punches fit right into his game plan... (more)

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