Eric “Butterbean“ Esch - The Legendary Knockout Machine

where do you want to go do you want to stay i want mike tyson four rounds 10 rounds could be just like this he's too stupid he's too stupid to run he'll stand up and get knocked out the pundits say you couldn't last 60 seconds with mike tyson that's what they say mike tyson one hits all it takes from a heavyweight like me [Music] in the spring of 1997 a man who was considered unorthodox because of his physique that did not fit the mold of a professional boxer entered the ring for a title fight take hands phillip he won that fight by knockout and became the iba heavyweight champion he went on to have a professional record of 77 wins with 57 knockouts and only 10 losses he was known as a man with a big heart and an incredible tenacity the king of four round fights his name eric esch commonly known as butterbean in this video we will show you all of eric's knockouts in professional boxing that we could find footage of if you liked the video please don't forget to punch that like button as it really helps us to develop the channel eric esch was born on august 3 1966 in atlanta georgia his life was difficult from the very beginning as his mother died when he was just 8 years old he was tormented in school because of his weight but these difficulties made him into a boxer his boxing career began with a somewhat comical incident when esch worked in a factory where he was laying floor coverings friends decided to help him with his boxing career and paid his entry fee to a local boxing tournament ash had to go on a diet to keep within the weight limit friends turned it into a joke during the first fight they started yelling butter beans butter beans which is what ash had to eat on the diet and what he sincerely hated the audience having decided that this was the name of the fighter also began to chant butterbean the nickname stuck instantly and under it eric scott ash became known as butter bean all over the world july 1995 butterbean entered the ring against the athletic doug pay norris to my commands at all times that's not his best [Applause] they clashed heads and that's what hurt doug put up some good resistance but eric knocked him out in the second round two weeks later butterbean entered the ring against the big guy paul springer [Music] paul tried to take the fight by force from the first second but butterbean knocks him out with a right hook in the first round [Applause] [Applause] october 1995 butterbean versus pat jackson [Music] [Applause] [Music] jackson moves well and keeps eric at a distance but by the end of the third round both fighters were starting to tire the referee attempting to separate the fighters at the end of the round walked into a punch thrown by eric knocking the referee to the canvas jackson refused to continue the fight and eric won by tko in december 1995 butterbean entered into the ring to test louis monaco in the first seconds butterbean pounces on lewis and knocks him down [Applause] [Applause] in the last minute of the first round eric knocks monaco out with a strong right hook [Applause] [Applause] february 1996 butterbean vs joe wiggins [Music] at the beginning of the first round joe is very active and confident but eric presses him like a tank [Applause] in the fourth round joe simply had no strength left the referee stops the bout joe is the first boxer to last until the fourth round against butterbean march 1996 butterbean vs james baker the fight ended in the first seconds of the first round april 1996 butterbean versus richard davis [Music] pressing davis to the ropes butterbean sends him to the canvas with a left hook in the first round [Applause] may 1996 butterbean entered the ring against jonathan to see whitfield a little more [Music] jonathan was much larger than eric but this didn't stop butterbean from knocking him out in the fourth round december 1996 butterbean won an iconic knockout victory by easily knocking out sean jegan in the first round january 1997 butterbean met in the ring with kurt allen the only footage we could find to this fight was in poor quality but it deserves to be included at the end of the third round eric presses his opponent to the ropes he delivers several good punches and the referee stops the fight april 1997 butterbean entered the ring against iba champion ed white takes a punch pretty well as he's showing you here greening through the assault to bed white but took a [ __ ] right hand from ed white just keeps coming with his own left [Applause] hand by butterbean hey how you gonna give feeling too many chances [Applause] eric won by knockout in the second round he made five successful title defenses before relinquishing his championship in 2000 [Applause] in july 1997 butterbean faced scott lindecker in the ring in this iba heavyweight championship title fight he achieved victory with a fourth round knockout [Applause] he's a cruiserweight but now he goes down just getting pounded too much body shots are taking it all out of them [Applause] [Applause] march 1998 butterbean met billy eaton for the second time there was a draw in the first fight this time eric managed to finish what he started in the first fight with a knockout in the third round [Applause] oh in february 1999 butterbean continues to defend his iba heavyweight title against patrick graham with a tko at the beginning of the third round any [Applause] in what april 1999 butterbean faced a talented boxer kevin talon in the ring in this fight eric showed one of his best knockouts in the third round comes in to end round number one [Music] in 1999 both peter mcneely and butterbean were looking for a fight with mike tyson mcneely wanted another crack at iron mike and butterbean had always dreamed of a match with the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but there was no real chance of that happening for either so after months of negotiations it was decided that the two would square off against one another on june 26th 1999 in front of a big crowd in las vegas punches [Applause] butterbean ended the fight by tko at the end of the first [Applause] pretty round well we didn't get any action in 12 miles and we got all the action we could stand in one round continues to win the hearts of the public this guy is electric in july 1992 butterbean entered the ring against tim burgoon another defense of eric's iba belt in the second round eric knocks him out with a quick combination from both hands september 1999 butterbean vs kenny the raven craven is much more stationary now and more of a target for butter beans big shots and here comes the inevitable back in ellisville mississippi ken craven's friends and family are saying the referee stopped craven's beating in the second round in march 2000 butterbean was to meet one of the most difficult rivals of his career in a title defense his opponent george lindberger nicknamed the terminator the fight was terminated 19 seconds into the first round ultimately of course [Music] [Music] [Music] in may 2000 butterbean went to the ring against bill johnson in his career only loss and 19 knows about his advantage of being able to move but he's got it's his job he's the entertainer it's his job to do what he just said that's not a real looked like in the first round johnson had ideas of finding a slow spot and he changed his mind off bill falls three times before the referee stops the fight in the second round june 2000 butterbean versus carrie biles and winning the round may not be good enough in fact it might be tough to finish it at this point miles is starting to wobble [Applause] i'll tell you in the second round a tired carry falls to the canvas [Applause] september 2000 butterbean versus marcus rhodey [Applause] eric dominated the entire fight and in the third round sends roadie to the canvas in may 2004 butterbean vs rodney phillips eric knocks rodney out with an accurate right hook in the second round [Applause] and on march 2007 butterbean vs joe scilliano the fight ended in a knockout in the second round [Applause] if you enjoyed this video please subscribe to the channel and stay tuned for new episodes about the boxing legends of the past see you next time [Music] you

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Length: 20min 53sec (1253 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 23 2021