Marshall Butler
February 14, 2011
I was searching the net for information about Marshall Butler an ex Weredale boy who became a professional boxer, his career was cut short due to some sort of accident that I don’t have any details about just how it ended, but he managed 25 professional fights, his record is in BoxRec...I guess if you google that and do a search there you can view his record. He fought at the old forum downtown.WOW! and the french newspapers called him “Le Petite Cassius” I had emailed Graham Houston who has been covering boxing for a very long time, since 1963, first writing for newspapers in London, then for the two specialist publications Boxing News and Boxing Monthly in the U.K. I had asked for info or pictures and this was his response:
His record will be in BoxRec. I was ringside when Butler outpointed Johnny Stracey in a big upset at the Royal Albert Hall in London and everyone was impressed with Butler's sharp boxing skills. He was a smart, crisp boxer and was a bit too quick and had too much hand speed for Stracey in a really good, well-fought bout.
Thanks to Graham for remembering a very gifted boxer.
