Ariel Helwani of FanHouse speaks with Jared Shaw, the son of boxing promoter Gary Shaw. The Shaws famously made a mess of EliteXC on CBS last year when Kimbo Slice turned out to not be so amazing after all, shocking considering he was so good at punching guys built like me in backyards.
About 8:45 into this video, Shaw discusses the idea that Kimbo should be in boxing. I again say this is ludicrous, just an awful idea, and not to be smug because I'm just a fan and everything, but thinking that Kimbo Slice, 35 years old, could compete in professional boxing past the lowest of levels shows a serious lack of understanding of these sports.
If you put Kimbo in with a Klitschko, he'll be crushed. If you put him in with Arreola, he'll be crushed. If you put him in with some journeyman like Ronald Bellamy, he'll probably lose pretty badly there. He's not fast, his power is not other-worldly or anything, and he'd get chewed up and spit out in boxing. I think Kimbo is a cool guy and I wish he'd come into boxing, like, 20 years ago, but he didn't.
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I think something like this would happen to him… if he ventured into boxing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBtzBS3bvso
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
Jared
Yeah brah I totally know what your spitting brah. That was just some bullshit with Kimbo. Lets go pump it out at the gym, take some PROTEIN, then get a couple heinkens brah.
How can this guy interviewer do his job without wanting to punch this guy. I remember one of the Gary Shaw fights recently, I think it was the Bradley fight, and Jared went with the super-turbo-douchebag outfit and demeanor in the ring. This guy needs to go away…..
by Waldo Rastel on Oct 12, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Feed him to some aging fatty who needs a win and could use a paycheck, what I say. That’s about the only use I have for Kimbo. I really don’t understand why everyone seems to preface their criticism of Kimbo with the obligatory “I actually really like Kimbo Slice” comment. Fuck Kimbo. He’s a sideshow and always has been. He’s a waste and an embarrassment to combat sports. I don’t care if he’s a “nice guy.”
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Let it all out.... :)
Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)
Put Kimbo, Bowie Tupou and Travis Kaufman in a cage together
just to see whose chin gets cracked first.
GSP is having a HORRIBLE run with heavyweights lately. Hell, they’re just having a horrible run lately. It seems like half their fighters have been upset lately. By the looks of their website, Shaw dropped half of them like hot potatoes the second they lost.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Shaw thinks one loss = death. Shaw’s bad for boxing. His son seems even worse for anything.
Bad Left Hook
"Well Howie, I think I'm going to stay outside and outjab him." -- Tex Cobb telling Howard Cosell how he would approach Larry Holmes
by Scott Christ on Oct 14, 2009 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions
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