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THERE’S another major title fight in Britain this week. John Riel Casimero, the Filipino veteran who’s won alphabet titles at three weights, is in Liverpool to defend his WBO bantamweight strap against Paul Butler on Friday night.

Eurosport were planning to televise.

The fight was set for Dubai last December, only for Casimero to pull out at the last minute with “viral gastritis.”

Butler, who felt the Filipino was looking for a way out having made the weight badly, turned down the chance to fight veteran Joseph Agbeko on the bill and the 33-year-old from Ellesmere Port gets home