Boxing Announcer Hbo
Jul/090
What’s the deal with Butterbean Esch??
I just got through watching Espn show four of his
fights!
Was that the most fraudulently racist
load of bull plop in boxing history?
Did he ever fight any Caucasians, or just
African Americans, to make the Southern
Bigots feel good after he kicked their butts?
My second question is, the announcers
kept talking like his fat butt was the second coming
of Ali, when they had to have known he
was a bum, fighting other bums?
My third question is, was Larry Merchant the
reason Butterbeans fights were yanked off
HBO’s undercards? I remember he used
to be a staple of HBO fights, but I recall
Merchant complaining about having to be
continuously subjected to Butterbeans farces,
and soon after, there was no more Butterbean!?
My fourth question is, was Butterbean the
biggest joke since Primo Carnera, or was
he really supposed to be taken seriously
fighting guys with 1-3 records???
First question: Peter McNeily got whacked by the Bean, and he was Caucasian, there isn’t a racist bone in Eric’s body.
Second question: Announcers are paid to talk up the fighters, and call Bean what you will, he hit hard, knocked people out, and that is what most superficial fans come to see.
Third question: When Larry Merchant called Bean “a fat fraud”, and complained about the farce Bean was making of boxing, Merchant was 100% ccorrect from a boxing purist stand point. Larry, for all his abrasive commentary, has always been a man of integrity who calls em like he sees them with no regard for political correctness, he has never compromised where the truth is concerned. Boxing needs more people like Merchant, they are a dying breed. Integrity is that scarce in boxing.
Fourth question: Bean was a bigger joke than Carnera, or for that matter Valuev, but at least Eric acknowledged the joke and laughed along with you. Esch never made any pretense of being anything more than what he was, and you can like or dislike his career all you want, but you have to respect the man for making a living in a difficult sport, most fighters, even those with much more talent than Eric work second jobs just to pay the bills. Enjoy Eric for what he was, and don’t take it too seriously.
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