{"id":16687,"date":"2011-10-05T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T14:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16687"},"modified":"2011-10-05T10:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T14:07:49","slug":"kimbo-slice-franklin-lawrence-going-to-war-on-october-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16687","title":{"rendered":"Kimbo Slice – Franklin Lawrence: GOING TO WAR on OCTOBER 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hard-hitting heavyweights Kimbo Slice and Franklin\u201cYah Yah\u201d Lawrence will be showcased in separate bouts October 15 on the\u201cRumble in the Heartland\u201d card, presented by Gary Shaw Productions and Legacy Communications, at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo of the biggest hitters in boxing, Kimbo Slice and Franklin Lawrence, will be in action for Cornhusker fans to watch in the ring,\u201d promoter Gary Shaw said. \u201cSlice is just frightening and he\u2019s going to do much better in boxing than MMA. Lawrence is very dangerous, too, and the best-kept secret in the heavyweight division. It\u2019s going to be a very exciting night of world-class boxing. Fans better not leave their seats during the action because somebody\u2019s lights could go out at anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-promoted by Shaw and Tony Holden, Kimbo Slice, aka Kevin Ferguson, headlines the Nebraska show against Ray Bledsoe(2-3, 2 KOs) in a four-round bout. An underground combat-fighting legend, Slice has quickly developed as a boxer with world-renown trainer John David Jackson in his corner. In his pro boxing debut this past August in Miami, Oklahoma, Slice needed only 17 seconds to record a sensational knockout of James Wade.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Lawrence (16-2-2, 11 KOs), presently ranked No. 15 by the World Boxing Council (\u201cWBC\u201d), takes on Nigerian strongman Raymond \u201cKing Kong\u201d Ochieng (23-14-3, 18 KOs) in an 8\/10-round bout.<\/p>\n

Late-blooming Franklin is the reigning WBC CABOFE (Caribbean Boxing Federation) and International Boxing Organization (\u201cIBO\u201d) Inter-Continental heavyweight champion. Since losing to former world champion Oliver McCall by a close 10-round decision in 2009, Lawrence has reeled-off four impressive wins in a row, all by knockout, against former NABA& NABO titlist Lance Mount\u201d Whitaker (KO7), 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason \u201cBig Six\u201d Estrada (TKO10), ex-CABOFC champion Jason Gavern (RTD7) and veteran Marcus Rhode (TKO1).<\/p>\n

Also fighting on the Oct. 15 card in a six\/eight-round fight is Abel \u201cTruth Serum\u201d Perry (15-5, 7 KOs) versus James \u201cBoogie\u201d Freeman (9-4, 7 KOs), lightweight Brandon \u201cPit Bull\u201d Quintana faces Richard Flores in a six-round match, in addition to super flyweight Johnny Determan vs. Steven Johnson and light middleweight Reuben Rodriguezvs. Sean \u201cHollywood\u201d Wilson, in a pair of four-round fights.<\/p>\n

Tickets are priced at $220.00, $138.00, $45.00, $29.50 and $19.00 (plus fees) and available to purchase at the Heartland Events box office (Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4:30 PM), www.HeartlandEventsCenter.comor www.ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n

Doors open at 6 PM with the first bout scheduled for 7 PM. For additional information go online to www.GaryShawProductions.com or www.HeartlandEventsCenter.com.<\/p>\n

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Hard-hitting heavyweights Kimbo Slice and Franklin\u201cYah Yah\u201d Lawrence will be showcased in separate bouts October 15 on the\u201cRumble in the Heartland\u201d card, presented by Gary Shaw Productions and Legacy Communications, at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. \u201cTwo of the biggest hitters in boxing, Kimbo Slice and Franklin Lawrence, will be in action for […]<\/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":[105,1800,945],"class_list":["post-16687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-franklin-lawrence","tag-kimbo-slice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16687","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=16687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}