Was Butterbean a legitimate boxer or a novelty?

He knocked people dead.

He was indeed legit. He fought Pride and K1 also. He hits like a Mack truck and moved really well for his size, dude was legit and knocked a bunch of people out.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "legitimate".

He was more of a novelty in my opinion, but a novelty that could box. He couldn't compete for any real titles, but he could box.

Butterbean was the real deal. Legitimate one touch power on anyone if he caught them right. Many tried to stand toe to toe with him and got their arse handed to them.

He knocked Bart Gunn into a different universe in WWF's Brawl for All.

They had a wwf wrestler fight him? Damn bet that was fast

I had to look it up lol Just like Knoxville he should of stayed down. fricking brutal KO.


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when you talk about professional boxers across the entire spectrum, he's def considered legit.

He's not a club, journeymen type fighter but not quite a title contender

Butterbean was legit but became a novelty because of his size.

Just like Jared Lorenzen was a legit QB but happened to be like 300lbs.

I can't answer the question but in my only visit to MSG in NYC, I went to a Knicks/Nuggets game (both teams were horrible in the mid 90's) and sat next to Butterbean on the front row under the basket.

I told him I was from Alabama (I think he lived there at some point). He bought me a beer. That's all I got.

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f Esch had fought Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield or Bowe, he would have been stopped relatively early(by the 4th Round).

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As to Lennox not sure he would stop him because of his style but Butterbean would look like Tyson looked after eating all of those jabs from Lennox. I say this because Butterbean was, what, 5'11" max. Lennox was a smart fighter and would know the only way he could lose that fight was to let Butterbean inside. He NEVER did that with people with power. He used his sledgehammer jab until they got tired. Bean had 10 losses as a boxer and only 2 by way of knockout. Those two styles would lead me to believe that Lennox would just abuse him for however many rounds the fight was scheduled for and cruise to a unanimous decision.

To be clear, Lennox could knock him out if he wanted that kind of fight. Guy was a boxing savant though, and would take the easy win and look like a monster doing it.