For the two of you of have been following my tweets on twitter over the time I’ve been on here you know I was not a fan of Kimbo Slice. Yeah he is tough. No doubt. He can knock people out. Put him in the neighborhood BBQ and he is the toughest mother fucker at the BBQ. When he went on The Ultimate Fighter I couldn’t wait to see him get his ass beat.
Than he surprised me. He was humble. He didn’t come in with the big head I expected thinking he was so much better than others. Lets face it the opponents he faced in his MMA career were sub-par at best. Seth Petruzelli was the best he faced and he lost. One of his opponents, James Thompson had a cauliflower ear the size of a mango and all he had to do was last long enough to land a punch on it, explode it like the over ripe fruit it was and win by dr stoppage. Any of us could have won that one. Also you should note that he was getting worked pretty well on the ground before finally getting that punch.
So his humble take on himself as refreshing. He basically said “Hey, I’m a guy trying to make a living. They give me fights for money and I’m not going to turn it down. I need the money.” You have to like this honest approach to life. He knows he can only keep this up for so long and he is going to get whatever he can while he can.
I wanted to see him take the wild card spot but it made sense if you look at it like him to turn it down. If he injures his knee to bad he can’t continue. Now if he thought he had an actual shot at it I think he would have taken it. I think he turned it down because he knew deep inside that MMA was not going to be his home forever.
Boxing was his next step and again, it makes sense. It was clear that Kimbo’s big failure was going to be ground game. He has none. He is best standing and banging it out, lasting until he can get that one punch in.
Watch the video below and enjoy. It is Kimbo doing this thing. he was losing on the cards. His opponent is clearly egotistical, feels he has nothing to fear and can hug out the last round and get the win. From his dick head smile to the fact he doesn’t even keep his hands up you can see his distaste for Kimbo.
But Kimbo does his think and just keeps it up, slogging along, throwing out punches and with 3.3 seconds left he gets the clear knockout. Dude is out cold and I love it.
We all know Kimbo will never be big in boxing but you have to love his spirit and enjoy how he just keeps plodding along one fist in front of the other. Win or lose he has heart and I hope in the end he retires in good health, and with enough money to live out his life happily. He deserves it.
