This 10 round Super Welterweight bout between Said Skouma verses Kenny Butler….featured two pretty dang good boxers….as Skouma had an 11 year career record of 37 wins and 9 losses with 30 KO’s….and Butler had an 11 year professional career with 20 wins and 7 losses with 9 KO’s. After this fight seen herewith Kenny Butler….Said Skouma would fight Mike McCollum for the WBA Super Welterweight title in October of 1986….and then in 1987, Skouma would take on Buster Drayton for the WBC version of the Super Welterweight title.
This fight with Butler was aired on NBC’s SportsWorld…..while featuring their legendary boxing crew of Marv Albert and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco…..who rank at the top of boxing sportscasting crews along with CBS’s Tim Ryan + Gil Clancy….HBO’s Barry Tompkins, Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Merchant…..and ABC’s solo analysts Keith Jackson, Chris Schenkel and Howard Cosell…..for these were the best of the best behind the mike during boxing events of The Golden Age of Boxing from 1964 to 1995.
