Paul Butlin (born 16 March 1976) is a British former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

who competed from 2002 to 2016, and has since worked as a

bailiff A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. Another official sometimes referred to as a '' ...

Professional career

On 11 April 2008 Butlin appeared in the '' Prizefighter'' competition on

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...

, beating Colin Kenna in the quarter final before losing to David Dolan in the semi-final on points. He fought Derek Chisora on 22 May 2009 in a rematch but lost the fight on points. He then fought Johnathon Banks on 20 June, but lost the fight by KO in the seventh round. Butlin lost to Polish heavyweight boxer Albert Sosnowski by TKO in first round on 25 September 2010. He opened up a boxing gym called Hardknocks based in Melton Mowbray. On 26 October 2013, Paul Butlin fought Olympic Gold Medalist

Anthony Joshua Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He held the unified champion, unified world heavyweight championship twice between 2016 and 2021. At regional level, he held the British Boxing Board of C ...

at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, however the fight was stopped in the second round by the referee who declared Joshua the winner by TKO. He also won the midland area title after he fought British champion Shane McPhilbin in 2015: Butlin won after McPhilbin was disqualified after punching repeatedly to the back of the head. He retired from boxing in June 2016.

Life after boxing

Since retiring from the sport, Butlin has worked as a bailiff.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

*
Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butlin, Paul Sportspeople from Melton Mowbray English male boxers Heavyweight boxers 1976 births Living people Prizefighter contestants Sportspeople from Oakham