"jap" is a racial slur.

the fight was crap. fujimoto complained of an injured hand and said he lost feeling in his arm. i doubt butterbean had anything to do with the stoppage.

his real name is eric esch. he entered a few toughman competitions and won. he lost weight on a butterbean diet and that is how he got the nickname. there was a contest "win a date with butterbean" where he first got recognition. after that he was used by promoters to lure fight fans to see their fighters. no one knows who the world bantamweight champ is or cares who the #1 ranked guy is but they will come and see butterbean and then enjoy the real fights after.

he was crowned king of the 4 rounders until the nevada athletic commission demanded that the sanctioning body do all the paperwork for the title. they said the title was just a joke for the fans to enjoy. many of esch's fights were fixed.

he considered a fake-wrestling career briefly but thought it would be to diffecult to do boxing and fulfill the obligations of the script. he often stated that he could beat tyson but no one bought it. that is everyone knew he wanted to fight iron mike for the payday of his life. it never happened. he did fight a 53 year old larry holmes and went the distance eating jab after jab.

the k-1 is not hoping to get a great fighter by signing esch. they are hoping for something no american k-1 fighter has, name recognition. this is smart business.