James Butler

Professional Boxer, Boxer

1972 –

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Who is James Butler?

James Butler Jr. is a former American light heavyweight boxer, and former USBA super middleweight champion. He had a career record of 20-5-0, with 12 wins coming by way of knockout, and was nicknamed "The Harlem Hammer". He then sucker punched a fellow boxer, Richard "The Alien" Grant, after losing a fight. After that in 2004, he murdered his friend of ten years, Sam Kellerman, and burned down his home, for which he was sentenced to 29 years in prison.

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Born
Dec 18, 1972
Harlem
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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