Pitted against the inexperienced George Chamberlain on this day in 1999, Butterbean needed just five years to take home his ...

Eric ‘Butterbean’ Esch is one of the most popular cult figures in boxing, but he never quite made the big bucks his star power may have warranted. While promoter Bob Arum claims he eventually pocketed ...

Mike Tyson hammered Peter McNeeley in the first round of their Aug. 19, 1995, fight in Las Vegas. Three long months of exhaustive hype and buildup dissipated in a flash. Still relatively new to ...