Butterbean, real name Eric Esch, has been vocal in his belief that Mike Tyson held back against Jake Paul – but his video on the matter has reportedly been removed by TikTok
Butterbean has alleged that his video suggesting Mike Tyson held back against Jake Paul was removed from his social media.
The former boxer, whose real name is Eric Esch, posted a video on his official TikTok page implying that ‘Iron Mike’ didn’t give his all against ‘The Problem Child’ during their eight-round bout. However, Butterbean later claimed in another video that the original clip was taken down for violating the social media platform’s guidelines.
When a fan asked why he had removed the video, Butterbean replied: “Hey guys, is this comment right here? I didn’t take it down; TikTok took it down. Apparently, it was against their guidelines, but who am I to say?”
“But I didn’t take it down. It was took (sic) down for me. It only had 200,000 views but you know, who knows? So I’m just abiding by the rules, no problem here.”
A comment from a fan on the new video read: “Mike Tyson vs Butterbean let’s make this fight happen,” to which Butterbean replied: “If Mike fights like he did against Jake, my daughter would beat him.”
Paul has rubbished any allegations of fight-fixing, speaking on his brother Logan Paul’s ‘Impaulsive’ podcast on Wednesday. The 27-year-old said: “People are like, ‘Oh yeah, it’s rigged because look at him on the pads but he didn’t do this in the fight. Because someone is f***ing punching back you dumb f***s.
“People don’t realize my power, and my jab and my speed and my ability, and my footwork to get out of the way of those punches, so then all of a sudden he’s throwing at, literally, air.”
However, the up-and-coming boxer has openly expressed he wished Tyson had offered more resistance during their bout, as he wanted to impress the crowd further. Paul added: “He was hard to hit. He was elusive. I was missing a lot of punches.
“I don’t know how he gets off to the side like that… I wish he had put up a better fight so that I could’ve risen more and done more, and he was surviving. “
The chatter around the Tyson versus Paul match-up hasn’t escaped Butterbean, who’s had his own share of controversy. In 1996, he produced a lightning 18-second KO of James Baker in Long Beach, California.
But, video evidence suggested the knockout punch didn’t connect, with Baker himself confessing to taking a dive to duck off television swiftly, given his probation breach for fighting in California.
Amid the allegations that followed, Butterbean refuted any claims of insider dealing. He told The New Orleans Times-Picayune: “My fights are not fixed. If I knew the guy wouldn’t put up a fight, you think I would be training four hours a day like I do?”
