{"id":16428,"date":"2011-09-29T20:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2011-09-29T20:25:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:25:56","slug":"kimbo-slice-back-with-a-vengeance-on-oct-15th-in-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16428","title":{"rendered":"Kimbo Slice Back with a VENGEANCE on Oct 15th in NEBRASKA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the world\u2019s most feared fighters, heavyweight Kimbo Slice, returns to the ring October 15 for only the second time as a professional boxer, facing Tay Bledsoe in a four-round bout at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimbo Slice is a tremendous puncher,\u201d his co-promoter Gary Shaw said. \u201cWe believe that he has unlimited potential in boxing. He\u2019ll learn each fight and become even more of a threat in the boxing ring than he ever was in mixed martial arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

An underground combat-fighting legend, largely through You Tube, Kimbo Slice, aka Kevin Ferguson, made his much-anticipated MMA debut in a 2007 exhibition in Atlantic City, where he defeated former WBO heavyweight champion and Olympic gold-medalist Ray Mercer by way of a guillotine choke at 1:12 of the first round. Slice soon signed a contract with ProElite and later joined the UFC.<\/p>\n

Slice\u2019s development as a boxer has been on an accelerated pace because of world-renown trainer John David Jackson\u2019s presence in his corner as chief second.<\/p>\n

In his pro boxing debut this past August in Miami, Oklahoma, Slice (1-0, 1 KO) needed only 17 seconds, including the referee\u2019s 10 count, to register a sensational knockout of James Wade. In front of a sold-out crowd at Buffalo Run Casino, Slice immediately attacked Wade, cutting off the ring and throwing combinations, until a powerful right sent Wade through the ropes and into a deep sleep.<\/p>\n

Slice\u2019s other co-promoter, Tony Holden, believes Kimbo Slice is on his way to becoming the most exciting American heavyweight in years. \u201cThe heavyweight division is searching for a star that can punch like Mike Tyson and fill arenas,\u201d Holden commented. \u201cKimbo is developing quickly as a heavyweight boxer and, when he gets some experience, look out!\u201d<\/p>\n

Go to www.garyshawproductions.com for more information about Kimbo Slice or any GSP boxers.<\/p>\n

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One of the world\u2019s most feared fighters, heavyweight Kimbo Slice, returns to the ring October 15 for only the second time as a professional boxer, facing Tay Bledsoe in a four-round bout at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. \u201cKimbo Slice is a tremendous puncher,\u201d his co-promoter Gary Shaw said. \u201cWe believe that he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,945],"class_list":["post-16428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-kimbo-slice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16428"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}