Eric Esch
American boxer
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| April 2 2025 | Added as a playable fighter in the video game Undisputed through downloadable content. |
| March 9 2025 | Announced as a wrestler for the 2025 WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow, set to face Minoru Suzuki on 17 April 2025 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, with Dan Severn serving as Special Guest Enforcer. |
| 2024 | DDP Yoga released 'Butterbean's Comeback - One More Fight', a video montage chronicling Eric Esch's achievements and transformative recovery. |
| January 2 2024 | On January 2, 2024, Eric Esch joined the cast of 'Moonshiners' on the Discovery Channel, assisting moonshiner Josh Owens in recovering after a motorcycle accident. |
| 2023 | Eric Esch received the Perseverance Award from the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023. |
| 2023 | Eric Esch was inducted into the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023. |
| 2022 | Underwent successful hip surgery, enabled by his weight loss and improved health condition. |
| 2022 | Esch underwent successful hip surgery, which spurred his desire to return to professional boxing. |
| 2022 | Eric Esch began working with former wrestler and life coach Diamond Dallas Page to improve his health, resulting in a significant weight loss that enabled him to qualify for surgery to repair a semi-fused hip. |
| September 22 2022 | On September 22, 2022, Esch appeared on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud titled 'The Cast of Jackass', competing as part of the Tremaine family against the Knoxville family. |
| 2018 | Eric Esch opened a family-run restaurant in Jasper, Alabama, called Mr. Bean's BBQ. |
| June 2013 | In June 2013, Esch was interviewed in Australia on the Fox Sports programme, Monday Nights with Matty Johns. |
| June 29 2013 | Eric Esch faced Kirk Lawton and won the match by TKO in the 2nd round at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
| March 31 2012 | Esch defeated Cliff Compton at the WrestleRama event in Georgetown, Guyana. |
| January 13 2012 | Eric Esch fought Curt Allan and the match ended in a unanimous decision victory for Allan after 4 rounds at Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, U.S. |
| 2011 | Eric Esch starred in the reality television documentary entitled Big Law: Deputy Butterbean, which aired on the Investigation Discovery channel. The show focused on his experiences as a reserve deputy sheriff in Jasper, Alabama, and depicted law enforcement activities including drug busts. |
| May 7 2011 | Esch defeated Dean Storey at Elite 1 MMA: High Voltage in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, to claim the promotion's super heavyweight title. |
| April 1 2011 | Esch teamed up with Officer Adam Hadder in a charity tag-team match against One Man Kru and WWE Hall of Famer Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake. |
| October 12 2010 | Esch faced Deon West at LFC 43: Wild Thang MMA and won via TKO at 5:00 of round two. |
| October 5 2010 | Eric Esch was referenced in the NBC show Parenthood in an episode titled 'Date Night' that aired on October 5, 2010. |
| September 18 2010 | Esch was defeated by Mariusz Pudzianowski by submission due to strikes at KSW XIV in Łódź, Poland. |
| May 8 2010 | Esch lost his title to Kevin Matthews in White Plains, New York. |
| March 6 2010 | Esch lost in a first round TKO (submission) to Jeff Kugel in an MMA bout for Xtreme Cagefighting Championship 46 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. |
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