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10 October 2011

Butterbean returns on Friday night for 90th pro fight

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
Esch fights Allan at Horseshoe after two-year absence

Knockout specialist Eric ‘Butterbean’ Esch will step inside the prize-fighting ring for the 90th time in his professional career on Friday night as he takes on nine-fight novice Curt Allen at the Horseshoe Casino in Indiana.

The 45 year-old former super-heavyweight champion last fought in October 2009 when controversially losing a four-rounder to Harry Funmaker via a split decision in the pairs third meeting, suffering his first loss to Funmaker and will be gunning for his 59th career knockout against Kentucky-born Allan, 47.

Esch, who went ten-rounds with an aging Larry Holmes in the ‘Easton Assassin’s’ final fight in 2002, met Allan in 1997, stopping him in three rounds and will look for a similar result this weekend.
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