I saw this one live (on TV) like 6-7 years ago I think it was. Crazy. Apparently Butler is now in Jail for murder. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWhfpGMTriM[/ame]
I watched this live on TV with my brother. we were stunned. he killed max kellermans brother appearantly. look it up, sad story.
To add to the background, I'm pretty sure that fight happened at a benefit for cops and firefighters after 9/11 which is the perfect time to assault a guy with your bare fists. If there's any irony to come out of Butler's career, it's that he took his nickname way more seriously out of the ring than in it. A guy nicknamed the Harlem Hammer wasn't a great puncher but actually killed a guy with a hammer later on? I'm sure there's an episode of Tales from the Crypt begging to be written about that one.
http://www.secondsout.com/usa-boxing-news?ccs=229&cs=15518 that's the follow-up story about Max's brother getting killed by Butler. What a monster Butler is.
Yeah Iremember it.Since the fight was over Butler was charged for this and did 3 years time.Cameback had a short comeback and in '04 murdered Sam Kellerman,brother of Max for which he is serving 29 years. Needles to say James Butler wasn't a class act.
I remember hearing about this and seeing clips of it. Butler truly is a classless person and needs incarceration to protect the rest of society from him. It's just a shame that Kellerman's brother paid the ultimate price for this low life's major malfunctions. This is proof positive that not everyone who steps into a boxing ring are honorable, classy, or courageous. Butler is cowardly scum who never bettered himself by being a boxer. He's the pathetic excuse for a human being who sucker punches his victorious opponents after the fight and murders someone in cold blood with a hammer in exchange for their generosity(Kellerman's brother let Butler stay with him to help get him on his feet)
wasnt he gonna fight calzaghe 1 match after this fight. how gutted would you feel. thats what i laugh at him about. he had everything. then loses and to seal the deal retires himself with that right hand. well done butler your a real fuk up