Eric “Butterbean“ Esch - The Legendary Knockout Machine 

Bumblebees fly gracefully?

@@whynottalklikeapirat nah scientist discovered that a bumblebee physically aren't able to fly but somehow there are

@@chinanumber1541 just like Butterbean

Double jacks for fists. Beast for sure...😊🏈😔

@@chinanumber1541 That’s a 70s-80s popular myth that has been busted more than 20 years ago. Clearly since they fly and magic has not been demonstrated to exist - there would be a physical explanation which, not surprisingly, they found in around 2000 …

That's awesome bro. Respect.

Surely there is a movie waiting to be made of this guy, no? I have a notion that its because of his particular ethnicity t s been swept under the rug.

@@infinitesimotel yeah, wouldn’t be surprising in the world we live in.

I thought: This guy stops punching his opponents as soon as possible. Seems to be a likeable guy. You are confirming this. I'd like to see a movie about his life as well. Or read his biography.

I remember how big boxing was at the time and here was a guy everyone just labeled as a gimmick and nobody took serious. It’s a shame, yeah he fought a lot of cans but that’s not his fault managers weren’t willing to put their fighters in there with him. Dude made a mountain out of a mole hill and deserves what he’s earned and more.

Yeah he's a really lovely guy. Rare for such a legend to be so well spoken and really endeared himself to his fans. Top notch.

you actually touched a nuclear bomb, be proud boy

I knew about Butterbean before, but after hearing he's a genuinely good dude that hangs out at gun shows in the Midwest, I'm now a huge fan. Thank you for sharing

Yeah, I've always heard good things about him. Seems like a cool guy

Fine Answer Gerald - He was super!!

Yeah thats the real secret to his success was that neck of his. He'd get hit straight in the face and his head would barely move.

More like Blob tbh, especially with the temper lol Juggernaut had a jewel that made him unstoppable, Blob was just the biggest baddest motherfucker there ever was :P

I think u mean blob

Shut up Marvelnerd.

​@@caseyb1346also a big head lol

Ali was way more entertaining

He's like the boxing version of John Daly.

Whoever put that incredibly cut boxer up against him in his professional debut knew what they were doing!

@@DVankeuren meh

@@creepnasty5370 at the time he was but rn it is ehh

Thanx for letting us know :) I had the same feeling tho.

I really appreciate you letting us know how he is now. Great that he is doing well.

@@frednerk3477 Yes sir!

Good that he knew when to get out, and stay out. Surprised that he never became known here in UK; he'd have been just as entertaining to British crowds.

Amen

He was an enigma. One of the greatest of all time

@@Wire_Mesh_Police I don't think anybody thinks he is a greatest of all time, lmao. He basically just through (ew, I spelt that like a moron) windmills non stop most of his fights and so did his opponents.

​@@resinfingers3896I mean it's heavyweight boxing. Heavyweights in general are the least technical of all the fighters

You're right! If he doesn't have to reach he's really good at pivoting his hips into the punch! You can't fight him close up!

Whoever thinks he's a all time great has been smoking his lunch!! Stand close to him, he's a surprisingly good at infighting! I was surprised by his form in close! But at distance, forget it! 53 yr old Larry Holmes jabbed his head off! Holmes IS All time great!

My favorite

It helps to have a metal endoskeleton surrounded by living tissue.

I guess that depends on your criteria. He tried MMA for a while but lost most of his fights. He was good in a boxing ring due to the rules but in an MMA ring he was more a joke than anything else. He was however smart enough to realize that and by his 7th loss he quit.

Boxing is an art form this guy was essentially a battering ram.

@@mesolithicman164 typical. first they laugh at your disadvantages, then call it an unfair situation when they see how it works to one's advantage. Butterbean had stamina, insight, was a very measured boxer. Call it technical, call it smart, whatever. And the punches he delivered weren't his "weight" behind it, arms move by muscle. The guy was a beast, and kept on standing when others grew tired. If that isn't a deserving champion, I don't know what is.

Knoxville: "Is Butterbean ok?"

lol I was going to mention that it was hilarious to watch

butterbeans best showing LOL

That was the first time i saw him in my life

Legit wished he could have put that in this compilation.

@Meme Memeson heck yeah! We grab a bunch of snacks, soda and pjs and we were set!

Sorry for your loss bro... I have those same memories with my uncle... rest in peace

@@elcoholic79 Thanks! Im sorry for your loss as well. I’d like to hear about the similar memories with you and your uncle!

@@Alex-pb1iy those were the days, watching Oscar de la Hoya come up into his prime. We used to train at the pal boxing gym in Sacramento and Diego Corrales used to be in there working out with his little brother. I was in highschool then

@@elcoholic79 oh yeah! Oscar was huge here in NM back in the day! I have a lot of memories watching him too. My dad and all his friends would come over and play cards before the fight. Good times. I remember Johnny tapia was an up and comer and was from Albuquerque. We used to watch him too.

Nice tribute to a very brave heart.

For sure. Back in the day, people felt more connected with Butterbean than most other boxers. He had that 'everyman' thing going on. He didn't have a chiseled, ripped physique, and he wasn't a rich or highly educated man. Nothing fancy about him or the way he did things. Before he started boxing he was just a tough, hardworking manual worker from a poor background. He had a lot in common with most of the men watching.

👍salute to you as well

@@goose300183 well said

Agreed! GOD bless him!

Because he achieved nothing of any real note in boxing 🤣 he was just a gimmick attraction and couldn't compete with any top heavyweight of the era

Well yeah watch Tysons KOS compared to his. Tyson would have sent him flying

​@@REP2016RTM at the end of the day he held a legit title at the 4 round level. I think the commission was a WBA Affliate.

Absolutely agree, Butterbean if given a chance would have had a 50/50 chance with Tyson. I would have put my money on Butterbean. Butterbean offered to fight Tyson, but for marketing reasons it would have been embarrassing if Butterbean had beaten Tyson. Everybody knows this except for the armchair jockeys that have a love-in for Tyson.

@@feger481Butterbean lost to 52 year old Larry Holmes he wouldn’t stand a chance against Tyson. He was a decent boxer but he couldn’t hang with the elites of the sport. Just stop man you look like an idiot

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I actually laughed out loud. Props to you hahaha

He's got his head down a lot, slips a surprising number of punches and just soaks up the rest.

It looks like punching the top of his head would be like punching a fire hydrant.

🤣🤣🤣

Those meaty arms have no business moving that fast. Its freakish.

He was strong and tough. No defense and no endurance. His fights were almost always limited to 4 rounds by contract because he had no endurance, couldn't deal with movement, and had no defensive skills. Bob Arum, who ran his career, even said as much.

@mr oko He couldn't beat Larry Holmes *when Holmes was 52 and in awful shape and the Bean was 36.* Tyson would have destroyed him. They would have had to scrape what was left off the mat. I loved the guy, but he wasn't a serious fighter. Great power against bad opponents, but Tyson? You've never seen a boxing match, have you?

@mr oko You are a goof. He may have wanted it, but lots of guys wanted to fight Tyson and left on a stretcher. He didn't want it enough to get in shape to fight full-length fights.

@mr oko Right. Larry Holmes was not a non-entity but rather an all-time great. Underrated as a champ because he was in Ali's shadow, he had maybe the best jab of any heavyweight champ. But that was in his 20s and 30s, NOT WHEN HE WAS 52. Between 1978 and 1988 he fought probably the toughest string of 25 title fights of any heavyweight champ ever. He won 22 in a row. That ended with two losses to Michael Spinks and a savage destruction by Mike Tyson, after which Holmes was never the same fighter (the same thing happened to Michael Spinks, too). Holmes had fought 569 rounds, most against top competition in grueling 12 and 15 rounders, when he fought Butterbean. He was worn out, fourteen years past his prime. And Butterbean, fun as he was, was just a 4-rounder, a guy who no one who wasn't completely ignorant about Tyson and boxing would think could stand up to Mike Tyson. The same Mike Tyson who took out Holmes, the only time Holmes was knocked out, after which Holmes never won another title fight. Remember Butterbean never fought a ranked heavyweight contender. Mediocre guys fought Butterbean two or three or four times; Tyson permanently derailed careers of excellent fighters. Foreman was a totally different kind of fighter and had vastly less mileage at 45 because he took 10 years off. He had fought only 291 rounds when he faced Michael Moorer and won the title, barely half of Holmes's total when he fought Butterbean. And, as he was very public about, he took a lot of easy fights when he came back in 1987 from a ten-year retirement. So, he hadn't been fighting grueling title-level fights between the mid-70s and the early 1990s. Also, 45 is not 52, especially for an athlete.

He blocked it with his gloves. See your eye Dr. soon.

I think the one that's scariest to me is that right hook in the 2nd fight. When you see somebody just collapse like that, you know there's been some real damage done.

He KILLS dude at 10:55. It hurts my ancestors just watching that shot. I wouldn't be surprised if the bottoms of the guy's shoes actually left the mat.

@@MiketheratguyMultimedia I always knew he could hit, but watching this, I'm much more surprised at how he could move.

@Bruce exactly, I always thought he was a heavy hitter with his right hand but I didn't know he had a solid chin as well. Completly changes my perspective on him... He took multiple overhand rights on the button that would've KO'd most heavyweights but he just ate them then crowded them out so they couldn't finish him...

He broke ribs in so many of those clips

Legend at what 😂. He fought bums and yes they were good to watch but he lost to a 50+ year old Larry Holmes. You can see the guys are all bums that have no defence what so ever. I like the dude but he is no legend. Homes schooled him pretty much and he was an old man. He is Maybe a legend in bar fighting or some other shit we don't know about but certainly not boxing, kickboxing or mma.

@@markalexander7652 Knocking out people obviously? Neither tyson or Larry holmes have a higher knockout count What can be more legendary than a Boxer whos not considered "in good shape" doing as well as Butterbean did

Agreed.😂

@@TheBingoHD if Larry or tyson even in there 50's and they were fighting bums like that they would have a way better record than that believe me. Look what happened when he fought a Larry Holmes in his 50's and you think he is a better knock out artist. Did you not watch Holmes in his prime he would put any guy butterbean has fought away in 1 round and I'm being generous here. There are levels and Holmes was at the top of the heap for 10 years fighting top class guys. Be honest and answer me 1 question. Name one guy that he has knocked that Larry or tyson couldn't coz if he can't beat a 50 year old Larry and tyson put Larry in the retirement home after 5 rounds with a brutal ko and Larry was 38. Again there are levels and as hard a punch as butterbean can throw he is useless at defence. Lost in cage rage to tengez ffs 😂

@@TheBingoHD butterbean couldn't lace Larry's boots as he would put it 😂

he didnt beat lewis tyson or holyfield so how is he the greatest?

@@detroittrickster3327 Luke, he is your father.

Father !!!@@shanefelkel9966

@@detroittrickster3327 That's true. Morrison woulda knocked him out i'm sure.

Why u not verified bro

Fkn scary bro...

Its like a stare down from a shark

You spelled "hell" wrong.

@@adamgardener8624 like a stare down from a loser

And chin

Robert Z, Dar has that title though.

Neck strength +1000.

If any trained boxer catches you full on the chin you're going down If they've got butterbean's pinching power you're going out this guy's body punches can do more damage than most guy's head punches

When you put all your points into strength and vigor*

Look at his boxing record he fought horrible competition. Most of them had more losses than wins. He was just a caricature to bring in an audience

isn’t that the point? that he had more experience than his opponents made it possible that he would prevail in most matches. cha-ching!

yea did this guy fight lesser fighters his whole career or what? Watching this kinda tarnished him for me. Never heard of any of these dudes he KO'd.

I don’t know what you’re watching 😂 he was just a fat man who swung his arms like a windmill ? Hardly a boxer 😂

@@thegingeyyy3852 Get in a ring with him then. Unless you're scared of a fat guy.

Nice points

Weirdly enough outside boxing he appears very down-to-earth, humble and all-around nice dude.

@@vksasdgaming9472just saw his personal weigh in on his weight loss journey. Seems super nice.

Well said.

He was useless. Just a fat blue-collar hero boxing at white-collar level...

I would have to agree, always remembered him as a windmill, but boy he could throw some serious punches 💪

@@tjaben69 His movement is also considerably better than I remember it seeming at the time.

Well we all get older and the memories tend to fade, even if it feels like the 90's was yesterday.

Agreed. It was his own technique that worked well for him. It wasn't classically trained technique, but most people boxing aren't built like him.

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You can’t tell what a person can do by looking at them. I was married for 40 years to a beautiful man that was big like the Butterbean. I am absolutely tiny , so we made an unusual looking pair. My husband was a very good athlete though, even though he was big. Unfortunately, he died last September, but I thank God I got to be with him for 40 years. Few people have marriages that last that long anymore.

@@lisabaltzer4190 very true and very wise you are

That’s why he is one of the most toughest boxers

Not to mention he had 58 knockouts

His opposition wasn't really the greatest, mostly bums. I only knew one name peter mcNeely who Tyson destroyed in the first round. Butter bean was a fun fighter to watch but he's wasn't thought of as an elite fighter by the major sanctions, so he never got the chance. It's a shame really, I would of have loved to see him fight a top level fighter like Tyson or holyfield. It's boxing after all and everyone has a punchers chance.

His record come with a million ******* So much bs

@@dirkdiggler2695 he certainly could have handled a david tua, shannon briggs, old foreman or lou savarese or somebody like that but it didn't make sense to their careers to do a 4 rd fight with a freak of nature.

Lol

Он всегда был психологически заряжен и давил силой духа на противника

Same. I'm not big into combat sports, but he's without a doubt my favorite fighter.

He is the best man

Hare Rama, Butterbean is a descendant from the ape men that saved Earth from very nasty invadors, they were big, strong, very smart, social, and good willed.

@@yveslaflute9228 And some commentators here are obvious descendants from very nasty lunatics...

u dont understand what and why they did it huh?

It truly believe that you can only use nicknames that are given to you by others, he respected that rule.

He has a tik tok where he says his co-worker gave him that name because of his nasty farts but butterbean is an old southern nickname for a fat guy. I guess he used to say it was because he was on a diet of butterbeans but this video's take where it's a butter AND beans diet is a new one.

Yes, 4 round wars for the most in-shape fighters.

Mike Tyson would of killed Butterbean. Butterbean lost to an old retired Holmes.

@@junghunt8645thjnk it was just that one fight towards the end of the video that was 4, no?

​@gifi11 Larry Holmes is a world champion boxer with probably the best jab ever. At the end of the fight butterbean looked mint and Holmes face looked like he had an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Even got his bell rung ropes saved him from falling on his a**.

@@user-dd1bb4tw4r then he lost lol

Against those who sucked more than he did.

Butter Bean remains a Ledgenary Boxing Figure" even too this day!!! /4/27/2QQ22......and not forgotten"

Say what you want but the guy IS a legend. Completely fearless.

@Sub if you are against Antifa and BLM Imagine not knowing who he was and thinking you and 3 of your buddies were just fighting the fat guy at the bar what a bad night that would be (edited)

He faced a collection of stiffs. Tomato cans who were never much of a threat to him. His fights were meant from the get go to be entertaining and not competitive.

No. He was actually like 60% blind. Dude could barely see and just went out swinging

Some how he was kind towards his opponents! But the Most opponents did fear his strength alot! I found it stupid when half of his opponents do not manage to Look into his eyes!

No he definitely did not. He was a circus attraction. If he didn't look so weird nobody would know who he was

Yeah. Great timing. Got the rhytm.

welll, yea, i mean, if eric esh wanted to punch me..i would be inimidatd as well. he can magae his own energy, which he suprised many, many times

How is he due respect?

@@adamevert1618 His story and the record he had and the knockouts! If you legit asking search him up if you are asking sarcastically then you dont understand the legendary figures in boxing.

Man sent people straight to hell with his punches. He was also fairly spry for a big man

@@nickg1863 There is no legendary figure in boxing who did not have a win vs an elite fighter and never went championship distance v champions! Forget an elite fighter, this sack of shit did not even beat a gatekeeper!

@@adamevert1618 FIRST BEAT HIM IN A FIGHT THAN YOU CAN SPEAK LIKE THAT, HE'S NOT TO BLAME IF THE FIGHTS END BEFORE THE 5TH ROUND. I THINK HE WAS A GOOD BOXER, HIS RECORD SHOWS THAT.

Husky kids? You meant big fat asses?

Good to hear, always nice to hear that Champs are nice even to the "little people":)

And bodyshots.

I mean for his size, he's oddly light on his feet... Yeah his punches were tactical missles.

Some killer bodyshots too!

fantastic timing and use of bodyweight

He slipped punches so well, then he countered like a countering machine

Rumors say that he's still dealing with the repercussions of that punch to this very day. Most recently the PTSD from his brutal attack has turned his hair completely white.

I'm lmao over here! That was such a funny skit.... "Is Butterbean ok?!?" lololololololol

Man i was so scarde that johnny was gona hurt the loveable bean :( at lesst johhny made sure he was ok when it was all over

ROFL. I'll never forget that moment in the movie. "Is Butterbean okay?" Says a clearly heavily concussed Johnny Knoxville.

Now that is how you save face gracefully. He took a hard hit from Butterbean, got momentarily knocked out, and then quipped "Is Butterbean okay?" as he was getting back up. Still though, my favourite was the guy who went into a hardware store that sells toilets, and had a massive shit in one of them (and he accidentally shat himself on the way there). Now that was funny.

Looking like Rocky Balboa, who ate one-too-many cheeseburgers.😆

R u the real D.B Cooper

Man when i was growing up in the 90's he was all the rage.

Till they got in the ring then gulp

If he had the same amount of muscle with much less fat then he would have been a god, he wouldn’t get tired and be much quicker but the problem is that it is pretty much impossible to lose a lot of fat without losing a lot of muscle

@@monke5983 A potential boxing champion definitely. Only he could truly know what would have got him to the next level. His stamina for the size was very impressive.

@@monke5983 I reckon he would've been worse with more muscle More muscle requires more energy, as they require more oxygen; where as when you start to gas, your body breaks down fat and uses it as energy.

He was pretty much a brick wall that threw haymakers, a lot of the early Toughman Competition fights didn't require much more expertise than that. You can see his actual technique evolve in later years though.

@@tonyb1380 Not exactly. The clips show the endings of the fight, not the more controlled work to get there. "Haymakers" are long, wild throws. Butterbean used more compact throws with high accuracy; it was only when he seen he hurt them that he would open up with longer throws. Watch the video again. If he wasn't talented then there would have been thousands of fat men with similar success but there are not thousands of fat men with highlight reels in professional boxing. Proof he had skills. Definitely better later on.

Exactly..use the attributes you have.

No doubt his right hook hit like an anvil. He could also take a punch. The guy was amazing.

He has some of the cleanest power punches I have ever seen.

Plus, he could hit the opponent's off-button like a surgeon.

Looks like he had some serious accuracy as well.

Funny how he didn't give Johnny Knoxville that same regard. Even as Knox was falling he was still throwing swings at him, lol

@@adamschaeffer4057 True, he threw a swing at him as he fell the first time. Only time I've ever seen him do it. Probably because it wasn't a legitimate fight - taking place in an apartment store - and I expect Knoxville told him to give him everything he had beforehand because Knoxxville likes to put on a good show, which in his mind means getting hurt.

You mean on Jackass? That wasn't real. I know Eric and eat at his restaurant (Mr. Bean's) fairly often. He lives here in Jasper Alabama.

What an absolute LEGEND!

Yes, he's a real boxer, it's not about hurting each other permanently, it's a sport.

I think this comment is the TKO of comments

Why didn’t he ever fight tyson?

@@EE-ie9gm They never let him, as far as I know. They didn't want the world to see a fat man lay out the champ. To be 100 percent fair, I don't think he beats Iron Mike. Butter bean was just too slow for him. Everyone knew about Mike's power. What people forget, was just how fast that guy was.

He definently didnt "fit the mold". Zing. Dudes a champ

@@EE-ie9gm Pretty sure he tried for a long time. For Tyson it was punching down unfortunately. Butterbean was never a main stream big name.

he fought nobodies

That was funny. When Knoxville finally regained consciousness, he asked “Is Butterbean okay?”

He wasn’t really holding anything back. I’m sure he asked Knoxville if he was sure he wanted to do it, because it was going to be all or nothing.

That was good, he let Johnny hit him a bunch . Eric knocked him out hard in a department store. Sounds like he had to fight a lot as a kid. That will train you fast as a kid. The bean is a champion in my book.

Yeah man, they were in a local thrift store. And when Bean connected Knoxville was knocked down and smacked his head on the corner of a display case and it cut him wide open.

is Butterbean ok???🤣🤣🤣 johnny Knoxville on the floor with a black eye😭

if not for pc politics he would have been champ

His arms sure looked long though.

My thoughts exactly: fast hands, and precise punches with all his weight behind them.

@@stu3775 That's just not true. He made the absolute most of what he had though, which is the only fair way to judge people

@@diggitus Oh, it's true, just look at the kid gloves he fought Holmes with. Something was up. Be truly fair man.

Never undersestimate ppl with no neck rule no.1

Same thing with that more recent one with the Mexican dude who crushed joshua.

You should look closer at butter beans opponent's then make that judgement 😅

Like the Bean stated---- One good punch is all he needs!!!!!

@@thomasfoss9963 depends who your throwing that punch at mate You do know Larry Holmes’s whooped him

Indeed lol

Damn he would have been a mean live action kingpin

That could work in the MCU🤔

Lmao. But in one of the Back In Black stories (not the BIB in Sensational Spider-Man from 2006), when Peter beats the shit out of him, you can see Kingpin ain't fat. He's just a big ass monstrous dude. His arms were muscular as hell and no fat. So, if Butterbean did ever play KP, he'd have to lose some weight. But damn, he could NOT be allowed to hit one of the actors. Jesus, now I wanna see him square off with Chris Hemsworth

@notfiveo that was Knoxville

They should have called him King Pin.

Bean: don't get in my way ref! Ref: what are you gonna do knock me out? Bean: doesn't sound like a bad idea.

Man, I wish I could've taken Butterbean to meet his former bullies and say _"Hey guys, it's time for Round Two."_

I want to see a brick of a woman do this to those dick less men pretending to be women

@@NwoDispatcher Won't happen but k

Yeah, but it also proves that a then not so trendy cover" can be an excellent "cover "actually... A real fighting-machine-body does not necessarily look like "fighting machines" are portrayed in Hollywood action movies....

Butterbean was smart enough to know to stay clear of Tyson.

@@RearAdmiralTootToot Don't think so

Tyson would've had a field day on his body

We can make that with the wheelchair Bouts

Where is the Butterbean knockout video game for Nintendo

torque in his punches are very strong

I can believe how hard he hits

@@whiteprivilege7961 fat is just soggy muscles.

dont need technique when you have steel fists lol

He had a devastating overhand right. Dude hit like a hammer.

absolutely. and for a big guy you'd expect him to be dripping in sweat, but he's just cruisin.

Definitely think this guy is representing an extra share of that elusive neanderthal DNA lmao

Agree.

Why didn’t he ever box tyson when he was dominant ?

@@EE-ie9gm Different weight classes, no? Heavyweight v. Superheavyweight.

I had a hard time watching a entire match when both sides were beating the schitte out of each other. Butterbean was my favorite of all time and glad a man who was teased won in the end. He didn't become a victim he prevailed and wasted no time taking out his opponent. Good Job "ButterBean".

Sonny Liston would hurt him

​@@county8oy3rdTVwe ran a train on your mom.

He'd probably eat them if they were on a plate

Were you bullied?

HERO BEAN🐘BUTTER +BEAN=BATTERED🎆🎇🐘😜

@@robinbanks7528 vv

Geest shit I've ever seen. He said oh u don't want the knockout bitch. I got you... I'll make you quit! disgusting body shot done son. 💯🚨

I noticed that too. Jaw of tool-grade steel.

A very scary left that caught so many off guard was incredible also,

He would've died from a coronary

Tyson would’ve beat the shit outta butterbean

Eric just got to fat in the end, just like Tyson. 1st to land a bomb would win. Both were incredible fighters.

@@Michaeljordan147 yeah that's what they said when he faced holyfield there's always going to be haters. Maybe he would have bit butterbean on the ear too

I've seen trained fat dudes. it seems like the extra weight on on the limbs and lugging the big gut around, makes them over compensate during every day of training. thats in training mode though. the over compensating factor comes alive in the ring, when its actually needed. accuracy and strength. speed. the attack. it all comes alive and is enhanced, from the days upon days of training....while having to over compensate their every movement. Tyson had aggression, technique. speed. strength. defensive mobility down like no other. but his weak point was...never being forced to operate it all with extra weight to over compensate each step, each dunk, each punch. he accurately built his speed and strength. mobility. never was forced to exceed it though. could move faster, simply faster. Butterbeans greatest ally best freind. greatest strength...was his chunky ass lol.. who would of ever guest?? closing this up. i'd say Bean would of tooken a beating. no doubt. but one last thing remained...endurance. he also had to always over compensate on endurance training...as you seen here. his endurance nearly never failed him....go watch Tyson a good bit. you'l see that wasn't one of his best strengths. making the Butterbean, the clear victor of what would of been a match like no fukn other indeed. and if it went down, when Tyson was loosing grip of his mind, i do actually see him doing something outrageous, out of aggression of loosing. i could see him knowing his was loosing on the card and would end the fight on his own terms, as he did befor. probably would of chewed off one of Beans titties or some crazy shit lol