James Butler
American boxer
ジェームズ・バトラー (ボクサー)
- Born
- 18 December 1972
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- light heavyweight
- Occupation
- boxer
James Butler Jr. (born December 18, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. He challenged Sven Otke for the IBF super middleweight world title on September 1, 2001. He is famously known for his bout on November 23, 2001 against Richard Grant where he was arrested after the fight for assault. In 2004, Butler was arrested for the murder of Sam Kellerman and was sentenced to 29 years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
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