Ariel Helwani of FanHouse speaks with Jared Shaw, the son of boxing promoter Gary Shaw. The Shaws...

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

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by Zocalo on Oct 12, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 waldo47 on Oct 12, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

yeah you pretty much hit it on the head. He’s a clown.

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by lcollins1 on Oct 12, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But at least

Kinbo would be better off in boxing than MMA, no? =)

by Fj-3 on Oct 13, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 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.”

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by Matt Miller on Oct 13, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let it all out.... :)

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by Chaos100 on Oct 13, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

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by Brickhaus on Oct 13, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs