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Boxer Pleads Guilty Of Murder
By Julie Smith
The Boxer known as The Harlem Hammer will be sentenced this week for the murder of an L.A. freelance sports writer named Sam Kellerman incident that occurred in October, 2004.
James Butler Junior attacked Kellerman with a hammer that was found afterwards near the body and he set on fire the victim’s apartment located in Hollywood. The victim had been beaten in the head around thirty times while sitting at his computer.
The Harlem Hammer and the victim used to be friends and the boxer was staying at Kellerman’s apartment since late September. The motive for the murder hasn’t been revealed yet for the authorities.
The boxer pleaded guilty on both charges: manslaughter and arson. According to the Deputy Public Defender Jack Keenan, Butler would be sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison by California State Court Judge Michael Pastor. If Butler would have gone to trial and had been convicted of murder he would have had to face about 34 years in jail.
The victim was the younger brother of Max Kellerman, boxing expert and host of ESPN Radio show in New York who covered professional boxing matches.
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