# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-esch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:35:09.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-esch"
name: "Eric Esch"
slug: "eric-esch"
description: "Eric David Scott Esch, better known by his nickname \"Butterbean\", is an American television personality and retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler. A competitor in the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions, he is an overall four-time world champion across the four sports. Esch became a professional boxer in 1994 after a successful stint on the Toughman Contest scene and went on to capture the World Athletic Association (WAA) heavyweight and IBA super heavyweight championships. From 2003, he regularly fought as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist, notably in K-1 and the Pride Fighting Championships. Esch's combined fight record is 97–24–5 with 65 knockouts and 9 submissions."
tagline: "American boxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Esch_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.98
  momentum:             3.993746700396772
  historical:           17.96375066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 248
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/butterbeanboxer/"
    handle:    "butterbeanboxer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125269/"
    handle:    "nm0125269"
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "אַטערבין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A2%D8%B4"
    title: "إريك آش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A2%D8%B4"
    title: "اريك آش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterbean"
    title: "Butterbean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "اریک اش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "באטרבין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バタービーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Эш, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch"
    title: "Eric Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%95%D1%88"
    title: "Ерік Еш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232999"
    title: "Eric Butterbean Esch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump