Was BUTTERBEAN a boxer or a celebrity boxer?

I bet $1000.00 that Butterbean would KO your co-worker. i would be happy to throw it down with butterbean and i think i could beat him, but that doesent mean hes not a pro boxer

I have a poll and i would like see what you think. My co-worker seems to think Butterbean wasn't a boxer or should i say a real pro or say a real pro boxer. He belives butterbean was more of a celebrity boxer. Please vote. I bet $1000.00 that Butterbean would KO your co-worker.

Mitch Rose beat his ass like he was his daddy. He damn near broke his foot off in Butterbean's ass. The New York Post reported that Top Rank was possibly involved in offering Rose and other fighter's paydays to throw fights against Butterbean. Butterbean couldn't win a single round against a 52 year old Larry Holmes. The referee should've been pistol whipped for ruling that slip a knockdown at the end of the fight.

When Eric "Butterbean" Esch fills out his tax form, he no doubt lists his occupation as a professional boxer. What could be any clearer than that?

Its possible to be both. Look at Frank Bruno and Audley Harrison.

Well, i tried phrasing it as my co-worker and i had put it. He said, "butterbean is a celebrity boxer.....no he's not a pro boxer." After i had said, "your wrong butterbean is a pro boxer, he may not be the best but he's a pro boxer." The guy just laughed and kept talking nonsense. He even asked if Butterbean ever fought for a title i told him not for a legit title but he did win a few lower class titles. Then he would say, "yeah hes a celebrity boxer" i just plainly told him that he doesn't know what he is talking about. This is the same guy who belives that a boxers(not as in style) objective in a fight is to ko his opponet. I disaggreed. That post/poll if probably many pages ago but if you remember that post, i was refering to the same co-worker. He belives he knows boxing but i just don't aggree. And all this started when i and another co-worker who doesn't really follow boxing or ufc said, "any ufc fighter can beat any boxer." Which then i told him butterbean once beat a ufc fighter of course he lost more then he won if a recall correctly. Funny thing was when i mentioned a prime Mike Tyson he then said, lol, "why you got to use Mike Tyson he's retired." That shut him up for a good while. Mike Tyson still is known as a fearless boxer. Bring Tyson to a party and nobody will even look at you wrong. Oh, i also mentioned how Kermit Cintron challenged a ufc fighter directed at dana white to make the fight and i told him dana white didn't want to take up the challenge. He then says, "whos dana white?" lol. I swear if i don't know about a sport i stay out of it and say nothing of the subject at hand but both my co-works don't know boxing, they may know football but they don't know boxing. Oh yeah... well in that case, he just needs to grab a fucking dictionary, because that guy is just plain wrong. The defintion of professional means he is wrong.

Hes a former toughman champion trumped up and pushed into the Real world of boxing at the hands of Art Deore (??). At least former toughman contestants like Morrison and Haugen actually had the stamina and skills to fight past 4 rounds consistantly. Butterball is like a boxing bear in a circus or State fair. He always seemed to be on the undercard of a Delahoya fight card, i swear the Mexican boxing fans enjoyed seeing butterbean. But he was a pro boxer.

It sounds like you actually just asked, literally, whether he was a professional boxer or not... If he gets money to fight, then he is professional. Is he a joke? Yes. I answered it that he isn't a professional because I figured you were phrasing it whether he was a legitimate professional boxer. I don't know why you would ask a question that has a factual answer... Well, i tried phrasing it as my co-worker and i had put it. He said, "butterbean is a celebrity boxer.....no he's not a pro boxer." After i had said, "your wrong butterbean is a pro boxer, he may not be the best but he's a pro boxer." The guy just laughed and kept talking nonsense. He even asked if Butterbean ever fought for a title i told him not for a legit title but he did win a few lower class titles. Then he would say, "yeah hes a celebrity boxer" i just plainly told him that he doesn't know what he is talking about. This is the same guy who belives that a boxers(not as in style) objective in a fight is to ko his opponet. I disaggreed. That post/poll if probably many pages ago but if you remember that post, i was refering to the same co-worker. He belives he knows boxing but i just don't aggree. And all this started when i and another co-worker who doesn't really follow boxing or ufc said, "any ufc fighter can beat any boxer." Which then i told him butterbean once beat a ufc fighter of course he lost more then he won if a recall correctly. Funny thing was when i mentioned a prime Mike Tyson he then said, lol, "why you got to use Mike Tyson he's retired." That shut him up for a good while. Mike Tyson still is known as a fearless boxer. Bring Tyson to a party and nobody will even look at you wrong. Oh, i also mentioned how Kermit Cintron challenged a ufc fighter directed at dana white to make the fight and i told him dana white didn't want to take up the challenge. He then says, "whos dana white?" lol. I swear if i don't know about a sport i stay out of it and say nothing of the subject at hand but both my co-works don't know boxing, they may know football but they don't know boxing.

Hes a former toughman champion trumped up and pushed into the Real world of boxing at the hands of Art Deore (??). At least former toughman contestants like Morrison and Haugen actually had the stamina and skills to fight past 4 rounds consistantly. Butterball is like a boxing bear in a circus or State fair.

He is a pro boxer, but no he is not world class

Was BUTTERBEAN a boxer or a celebrity boxer? not sure, but i do know that he is a fat fuck!

Belive me! I tried defending Butterbean till no end. 40 minutes of back and forth talk but in his screwed image butterbean is a celebrity boxer and not a pro boxer - fucken ridicules. I diffently aggree that butterbean was a pro boxer. It sounds like you actually just asked, literally, whether he was a professional boxer or not... If he gets money to fight, then he is professional. Is he a joke? Yes. I answered it that he isn't a professional because I figured you were phrasing it whether he was a legitimate professional boxer. I don't know why you would ask a question that has a factual answer...

hes a real a boxer as jd chapman

How is he any less of a boxer than any other pro boxer in the world? Is it cause he's fat? Belive me! I tried defending Butterbean till no end. 40 minutes of back and forth talk but in his screwed image butterbean is a celebrity boxer and not a pro boxer - fucken ridicules. I diffently aggree that butterbean was a pro boxer.

Eubank's insightful observation on Butterbean.

I think the appropriate term is "circus side show."

How is he any less of a boxer than any other pro boxer in the world? Is it cause he's fat?

He KO'd a lot of pro boxers, so that's what he is. Being a pro boxer just means you fight in a ring under professional boxing rules for money. Like him or not, that qualifies him.

Look at his amazing footwork at the beginning of the video :boxing: