Kimbo Slice Makes Boxing Debut on August 13
by Scott Christ on Jun 29, 2011 6:38 PM EDT
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According to a press release, Kimbo Slice will make his professional boxing debut on August 13 at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla., with an opponent yet to be named:
Forget the kicking and wrestling, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson will soon be where he should have been all along... busting heads in a boxing ring.
On Saturday, August 13, legendary street brawler Kimbo Slice will make his long-awaited professional boxing debut in the four-round main event of a Gary Shaw Productions and Tony Holden Promotions boxing extravaganza at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.
Slice became the Internet's first street-certified action hero by smashing down a series of opponents in brutal backyard fist fights. The announcement is good news for fight fans, as he will surely administer a much-needed shot of adrenaline into the American heavyweight scene.
"Kimbo was always meant to be in the ring," said Jared Shaw, Team Kimbo Promotional Advisor. "He's one of the hardest punchers in the world and on August 13, his journey to becoming America's heavyweight begins. The first stop will be Oklahoma in what will become the Kimbo Slice Express."
This is typical promotional stuff, but, man, let me tell you now: He'll beat up a few hand-picked cans and they might be able to get him some kind of fight at some point, but Kimbo is 37 years old and only has mild training. As soon as he fights a real opponent, he'll lose. His boxing career isn't likely to go any further than his MMA career did, and in MMA he was eventually exposed as not being that hard of a puncher along with his lack of versatility. I mean, yes, he punches pretty hard, but these aren't fatties in parking lots anymore.
The Shaw family belief in Kimbo's star power is kind of admirable, though it's pretty crazy. At what point does it become the same thing as still saying "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" like it's the funniest thing in the world? This is really the last chance to do anything much with him, and I wouldn't expect "much" to come of this.
Still, best of luck to him. He's a nice guy, a charismatic guy, and I think if he'd gone into boxing when he was younger, he might have been able to do something. It's just that now he's closing in on 40 and any real success going pro at 37 would be kind of unprecedented, and forgive me if I don't think Kimbo Slice is a once-in-a-lifetime pro athlete.
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forgive me if I don’t think Kimbo Slice is a once-in-a-lifetime pro athlete.
Maybe not, butl he is currently the greatest attraction in all of combat sports, even perhaps of any sport.
No he’s not the greatest attraction in all of combat sports or he wouldn’t be fighting in Oklahoma.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 29, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Note: I can’t tell if you were serious or just taking the piss with the Shaw family actually saying that in the past.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 29, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah I’m jerking your chain. I remember Gary said something like that before which I found hilarious, but also made me fear Gary Shaw had lost his mind.
The thing people forget about Kimbo is the people he was fighting in his bare knuckle days were not very good at fighting any style, and were often as you said, fat and un-athletic. His “fights” were really just cruel farces against people obviously desperate for money. So he was very overrated even back then let alone today actually facing professional fighters.
I liked Kimbo’s streetfights for, you know, what they were — low-rent, no-class spectacle. He had a sense of sporting honor in his disgusting pastime.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 29, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
They need to give the people what they actually want: Kimbo, a wave of random dudes with pot bellies to get punched in the face, and possibly a folding chair.
I have a lot of respect for Kimbo
many want to bash him but he is what he is and he’s trying to ride the fight train for as long as it lasts. He is doing something he loves for a career and how many folks can actually say that?
He is also an intelligent guy when you watch some of his clips when being interviewed and not promoting a fight. Possibly, a lot of people have judged him by his looks, and think he’s only a street thug, I don’t know. Maybe a brief tenure in WWE after and some type of career behind the mic. I’m not mad at Kimbo at all and in fact I wish him luck
"That was very funny about the old man basketball skills. One is lucky to escape injury when playing against those crafty, crusty sumbitches. And it’s just demoralizing when they demonstrate yet again how to use the backboard from range." - Charlie Custer
by SmittytheCutman on Jun 29, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions
You know it does take skill to do what they do. People don’t pick up pro wrestling at 37 either. It takes a tremendous toll on the body.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 29, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the guy
He’s always real humble and down to Earth. I hate, loathe, and despise his fanboys.
He is a bar room brawler, I good one no doubt, but he will never gain the expereence that he needs to compete at a high level before he is two old to do so. Perhaps he should stick to what he does best and book a venue, charge whatever the mugs will pay to get and take on people in the crowd. That would at least mean that someone would get a beating for the crime of being unbeliveble tastless and dim.
I wish Kimbo the best I really do but Scott hit the nail on the head above. The first half way skilled fighter he faces he will loose and will loose bad ! Who knows it might not even take that if he gasses hard like he did in his last few MMA fights one of the can’s they line him up agaist could finish him off even before he works his way up ?
The bottom line with Kimbo the man has serious flaws no matter what combat sport he picks to fight in, Horrible cardio/stamina, lack luster / half ass work ethic, Mild punching power with only so so foot work and combinations, And last but not least he has No chin at all and is horrible and I mean horrible at taking a punch & damage.If the shot/punch does not put im down he totaly retreats into himself and starts to cover up, etc. I just see this as a way for Shaw to make a few quick dollars off the Kimbo lore.So Kimbop has went from street fighting to MMA to flirting with K1 and MMA promotions in Japan now to Boxing ?
I can only wonder what is next for Kimbo if Boxing does not pan out ? Something tells me we will see the man fighting in one of the 3 listed Boxing,k1 or MMA for some time to come. I really hope not though ?
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