Eric “Butterbean” Esch’s road to retirement (hopefully) starts with “Moosin”

It seems every time Eric “Butterbean” Esch wants to go, people keep
pulling him back in.

The bowling-ball shaped super heavyweight last week took a road trip with his
wife from his home in Jasper, Ala., to Worcester, Mass., where he fights
and co-promotes “Moosin: God of Martial Arts” on May 21 at the DCU
Center.

Esch, 43, didn’t want to be on the card. He’d rather work behind
the scenes as a promoter. But Boston radio personality Lyondon Byers
challenged him to a fight and said the proceeds of his purse would go to
charity. He would get all the press he wanted. How could he lose?


It seems every time Eric “Butterbean” Esch wants to go, people keep
pulling him back in.

The bowling-ball shaped super heavyweight last week took a road trip with his
wife from his home in Jasper, Ala., to Worcester, Mass., where he fights
and co-promotes “Moosin: God of Martial Arts” on May 21 at the DCU
Center.

Esch, 43, didn’t want to be on the card. He’d rather work behind
the scenes as a promoter. But Boston radio personality Lyondon Byers
challenged him to a fight and said the proceeds of his purse would go to
charity. He would get all the press he wanted. How could he lose?