JONAS Sultan didn't do enough to topple home bet Paul Butler and lost in his bid for the WBO interim bantamweight title early Saturday morning (Manila time) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
Sultan lost by unanimous decision against Butler, 33, by scores of 116-112, 118-110, and 117-111.

The 28-year-old Sultan stepped in the plate as a late replacement for countryman and reigning champion Johnriel Casimero, whose weight issue forced him to pull out of the 12-round match at the last minute.
Casimero is in danger of being stripped of his title by the WBO, raising the possibility of Butler becoming the regular champion given his one-sided victory against Sultan.
"I had 48 hours to get a game plan together," said Butler of the last-minute call up for Sultan to replace Casimero.
Butler is now 36-2 with 15 KOs, while Sultan's record fell to 18-6 with 11 KOs.
He remains confident the WBO will act on the latest Casimero incident and stripped him of the title.
The WBO had a stern warning on Casimero before that failure to show up for his second scheduled fight with Butler, for any other reasons, meant being stripped of his title.
Casimero was a no-show at the weigh-in of his Dec. 11 mandatory bout against Butler in Dubai after being hospitalized a day before due to viral gastritis,
"It's unbelievable. What a feeling. I've waited a long time to become a two-time world champion," said Butler after handily beating Sultan.
This marked the second time Sultan fell short of winning a world title after losing to countryman Johnriel Casimero in their all-Filipino showdown for the IBF super-flyweight championship back in 2018.
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