Kimbo Slice to leave MMA for boxing
by James Kimball on Aug 26, 2010 6:55 PM EDT
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Who didn't see this coming?
After being cut from the UFC earlier this year, and with his one-time indestructible YouTube phenomenon image tarnished, Kimbo Slice is leaving the cage behind for the ring.
Slice via ESPN New York:
"I feel like a baby all over again. I'm thinking about this at night. I'm gonna be a problem in the heavyweight division. I'm going to be coming in with a bad demeanor. I want to see what it's like to break some ribs, break a jaw with one punch. This is a career move. I love fighting. I like to knock people the [expletive] out. I love engaging. Maybe some people think I'm crazy."
While this move is likely due to the larger paydays he'll receive as a pugilist, Kimbo is probably a bit more fond of his career prospects inside of the ring than he was inside of the Octagon just a few short months ago.
So, what kind of chances do you give the Bahamian brawler to succeed in boxing? Surely better than his chances in mixed martial arts...
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lmao
he doesn’t hit hard and no one is going to be intimidated, so how does he figure he’s gonna “knock people the [expletive] out?”
when exactly has he knocked ANYONE out?
Havent you seen his backyard brawls?
Puts people to sleep… lol
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
yea he dropped a bunch of danny dorkbutts that lived down the street..he wasnt dropping trained boxers
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
did he really?
I remember guys gassing, but not dropping.
I’m just busting balls, as I found Kimbo to be a really likable guy!
Yeah He Dropped the Majority of guys I saw
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
ANS, do you seriously think Kimbo's gonna do anything significant in boxing?
he’s a cashcow and Gary Shaw is milking him. Kimbo’s way too slow, has no cardio, and no defence.
Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation.
I gotta admit,
I’m a Kimbo fan. I find the whole mystique entertaining. Sure he’s not much of a mixed martial artist, but he is not that bad. I hope he does well, he’s one of those guys I just cheer for for some reason.
'How's taste my pee pee pee?'
its not his talent
I think most who like him, do so based on his personality. I think he surprised a lot of people with how he spoke
How he spoke? Like a thug?
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
FUCK. KIMBO. SLICE. THE END.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
Yup he will have success, about as much success as I would have marrying Arianny.
I've got something to say; it better to burn in hell than to fade away!!!
I would say that you have a much better chance!
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
Will he be legit in the elite HW end of the division .... NO
will he find success vs mediocre boxers and get paid good money and making promoters good money…. YES
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
ANS, he will not find success against mediocre boxers!
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
KEV, my first thought was "lmao" you beat me to it!
No cardio, no chin, and hits like a girl! That fight with Houston was fn weird! I truly believe that Houston got something for that loss! Houston hits 10x harder and he looked afraid to engage. I think that may have been the first fixed UFC bout.
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
Houston DID get something for that loss. A one-way ticket out of the UFC.
Or do you mean money? What amount of money do you think someone would have had to pay Houston to lose that fight? It didn’t happen and anyone that thinks that fight was rigged is probably sniffing glue.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Gave that up years ago!
Well, if you don’t think so than I guess it’s not possible!
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
If BJ punched those same back yard guys...
they would have gotten knocked out a lot sooner and he’s 155!!!!
heavyweight or cruiserweight? i don't know the weight limits in boxing.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 1 week till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 26, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
heavyweight
Kimbo isn’t fighting at 200 or less I doubt.
fwiw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_class_%28boxing%29#Professional_boxing
Fav Quote of ESPN Article
“He could easily be at the same level as guys the Klitschkos have been fighting,” said Shaw, who gave a shoutout to son Jared, who turned him on to the much-downloaded backyard brawler several years ago. “Maybe I’m wrong, maybe he’s coming to boxing too late, but I don’t think so. He’s not a beaten up athlete. He’s a natural, with that bob and weave like Mike Tyson.”
really? lol
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The HW Division is Very Shallow in his defense
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
not Kimjoke shallow.
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by *Californication* on Aug 26, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He could get on an undercard of a big fight
and it would do really well marketing wise
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
but he said Kimbo could be on the Klitschkos level & has a bob and weave like Tyson
debate that!
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His Bob and Weave has the same purpose of Tysons?
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
he said on the level of guys he fought, not his level
I'm gonna go home, watch DirecTV, drink bud light and ride my Harley Davidson!!
Haha, good catch.
I skimmed the quote and came to the wrong conclusion, as well.
Yeah, so isn’t he basically saying that Kimbo could get beat by the Klitschko’s in dominating fashion?
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
Thats not saying much...
That’s like saying I could get beat by Lesnar in dominating fashion.
There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis
This is veering into dangerous territory.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Aug 26, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah boxing is famous for the cans they feed their stars...
I'm gonna go home, watch DirecTV, drink bud light and ride my Harley Davidson!!
Kimbo/Toney i see it coming
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by *Californication* on Aug 26, 2010 6:59 PM EDT reply actions
Kimbo would have zero chance in either MMA or boxing against Toney.
He also has <5% chance of having an success in his new found venture.
cant blame him for capitalizing.
-It's Better To Be Judged By Twelve Than Carried By Six-
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by *Californication* on Aug 26, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Kevin, you say that 10x in every Kimbo thread! So what?
It’s not a niceness competition! : – ))
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
It's the only nice thing he can think to say about Kimbo.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
you wanna know my take? i say arianny shoulda done hustler instead...its much classier..and we would have learned more about her...
and we would have learned more about what she has to offer INSIDE and not just her outer appearance…
just sayin
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
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Does Hustler do zoom ins and Playboy doesnt?
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
another question James
how do you figure it’ll be for higher paydays? Only the top boxers make a kot of money, and he’s certainly not a top guy, not to mention he’s never knocked anyone out.
His Boxing Form Is Actually Alright
His stance, his delivery, etc. His problem in MMA was the ground game and kickboxing. His knees wont stand leg kicks, he wont survive vs guys versed on the ground. Kimbo standing however will do alright. No way will he be a force in Boxings HW division even though its shallow unless some promoter vaults him in the cage with a top guy for money.
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
thing is kev
Kimbo’s not coming in as a nobody. He’s not Money May but I think he’d at least come in at the same level as Malinaggi money wise. He won’t make Millions upon Millions but he’ll definitely make some good change. More than MMA for sure.
To me in this sport, it’s fighting, it’s mixed martial arts, and I feel there’s too many athletes and not enough fighters…I think these people going in taking these sports enhancement drugs, they’re not real fighters, they’re athletes. I’m a fighter. I’m a real fighter. That’s all I did my whole life. - BJ Penn
He will definately make money off the morons who will pay to see him.
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who in the H/W boxing world would he fight?
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He'll definitely be a draw
that’s what it’ll be about. Its not about his skills. He’s spread his name even more and now some mma fans will tune as well. He’ll have 2 whatever fights on shobox or something and then get ktfo by someone
To me in this sport, it’s fighting, it’s mixed martial arts, and I feel there’s too many athletes and not enough fighters…I think these people going in taking these sports enhancement drugs, they’re not real fighters, they’re athletes. I’m a fighter. I’m a real fighter. That’s all I did my whole life. - BJ Penn
If they can find two guys bad enough to put in front of him.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 26, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Have him box Seth Petroselli.... lol
There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis
kimbo vs tyson.
kimbo forgets he is boxing and slams tyson and when tyson gets up he bites both ears.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 1 week till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 26, 2010 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
no legs kicks in boxing
Makes sense to me
Maybe all the GSP haters for “laying and praying” shoukd go to boxing with him
I'm gonna go home, watch DirecTV, drink bud light and ride my Harley Davidson!!
by Newfie3 on Aug 26, 2010 7:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
^^This
The myth of Kimbo’s power has been a problem for me since EliteXC. Go back and watch the videos of him fighting chumps with no gloves on. Who did he knock out? No one. And he’s never flat out KO’d anyone in MMA since he received formal “fight” training.
He is going to get absolutely flattened in boxing and quickly realize he’s in whole new world. And none of those guys are going to show half as much mercy on his as Roy Nelson did.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 26, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ironically, Petrozellis Jab wrote this
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo's power has always been vastly overrated.
The guy built up a nice physique and a unique mystique (Jesus Christ, that’s alot of ’ique’s’), but that’s all he had going for him…aside from the beard.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
Once he gets knocked out a few times he will retire and hopefully we can stop hearing about him
Hopefully.
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
He'll probably get his own daytime talk show
and become the most powerful, influential and wealthy black man in the country.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Aug 26, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Laughable
Oh well looks like the Shaws are set to milk the last of Kimbo’s fame in a sport that he has no chance at succeeding in. Age, arthritis, cardio and a lack of real talent means that he’s only good for the occasional undercard fight. Hopefully this is the last we’ll hear about Kimjoke on this site now that he’s left the sport, let boxing deal with his awful performances and annoying fanbase.
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Kimbo will fight James Toney and Jose Canseco.
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
''A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits'' Richard M. Nixon on Fedor's loss
Of course. and so will Couture.
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
''A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits'' Richard M. Nixon on Fedor's loss
by Eduardo Cruz on Aug 26, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
In a tag-team match?
Hell In A Cell? Royal Rumble?
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Aug 26, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
from twitter:
@KimboSlice
Yes my next fight is gonna b in the boxing ring… I’m gonna throw these hands.. don’t count me out of mma entirely though..
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
''A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits'' Richard M. Nixon on Fedor's loss
So the Klitchkos still have titles, I’ve given up on boxing, too much talk not enough fighting in most divisions. Didn’t he gas and get beat down by UFC fighters in the standup some, how’s he going to get inside and out box a Klitchko?
He Will Never Get To Fight One Anyways
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 26, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't one of the Klitchos know how to wrestle and kickbox?
There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis
Vitali was a kick boxer, pretty good one too...
He also has a PHD in Sports science and speaks 5 languages. He has the highest KO% (95%) ever for a HW and has never been knocked down, his two losses were by decision and injury (in a fight he was winning).
If he were American, he would be revered, but he is too stoic and methodical in what he does to truly get appreciation from American boxing fans. He and his brother repeatedly sell out 80,000 seat venues in Germany.
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"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
''A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits'' Richard M. Nixon on Fedor's loss
by Eduardo Cruz on Aug 26, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo won't even get through a good journeyman
He loads up on all his punches, a hard hitting hw will crush him in devastating fashion. He will find out what its like to break a jaw and rib from one punch. This is almost as bad as Dana exploiting James toney.
by Conan the Barbarian on Aug 26, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Berjina
Davis at +175 is looking like the sweetest pick for an upset come Saturday!
by Coop Cooper Dowling on Aug 26, 2010 10:08 PM EDT reply actions
DAVID BLAINE VS. KIMBO SLICE
On the Travel channel tonight was David Blaines newest magic show called “What is Magic”. The shit he was doing i had never ever seen before and thought it was the best one he has done so far. The part that he did with Kimbo wasnt the most impressive magic ever but i give props to David Blaine for taking not 1 but 2 shots straight to the ribs from Kimbo.
by Rare Poker Tips on Aug 26, 2010 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
poor guy, kimbo’s just too old to be giving any combat sport a try. he’ll get lit up by an average hw imo, and he will never belong in the same ring as any of the upper echelon pugilists. hopefully his name will allow him to make some decent bank fighting lower to mid level guys. eventually, if he can somehow put together a nice winning streak, some promoter will push him too soon into the ring w/ someone kimbo has no business being in the ring w/ imo
This is FAil
he will never have any real success at any high level. Maybe marketable bum fights at best.
But..
he’s not technical enough, patient enough, nor passionate enough to learn any other aspect of MMA such as grappling.
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Better move for Kimbo
He might fare a little better than mma cause you are only working on essentially one skill. But you can’t teach heart and desire so he won’t go far.
man im glad to see i aint the only one up..i hate being the only fucker up replyin and shit while all u other fuckers be sleepin
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
Hold on to whatever cash you make Kimbo
You’re at minute 14…
Kimbo Slice
Bad wheels,bad cardio,and no skill.He should fit in great in Boxing.
by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Aug 27, 2010 7:40 PM EDT reply actions
I genuinely like Kimbo
But he won’t have any more success at the ‘ufc’ level in boxing. If he fights anyone big he’s getting [explitive’d] up.
He should try to make some quick cheese in more backyard brawls, lol.
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