Former Elite XC heavyweight star and UFC veteran, 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. “Kimbo Slice is a tremendous puncher,” his co-promoter Gary Shaw said. “We believe that [...]
In an interview former Elite XC President and boxing promoter Gary Shaw did with Fight Hub TV, he explained the negotiations they went through during his tenure in Elite XC to acquire Fedor’s skills: “I did try several times to get Fedor to come to EliteXC, but the numbers they were asking, there’s no fighter [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); Fight Nerd correspondant Syl Peterkin spoke with Chad Dawson, who is preparing to face Bernard Hopkins on October 15. Syl asked Dawson about this match and his preparations for it. We also asked about his chances of fighting Jean Pascal again, and the chances of him moving up to heavyweight, which promoter Gary Shaw [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); “I think it’s laughable. People who are running it are jokes. It’s not real and the only game in town is the UFC.” – Gary Shaw Fight Nerd correspondents Syl Peterkin and Elizabeth Amadeo caught up with Gary Shaw at the NYC press conference for an upcoming boxing pay-per-view entitled “Believe It or Not: [...]
Remember back in September when we reported that Youtube sensation and UFC outcast Kimbo Slice had begun to train for a career in boxing? Yeah, that’s not working out too well. Kimbo had been training in Southern California at The Maywood Gym under Clemente Medina, who has also coached Jr. Middleweight Interim Champ Alfredo Angulo. [...]
Remember Kimbo Slice? The “internet sensation” that arguably was the death-knell of Elite XC, and that was eliminated from season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter” but still got a contract with the UFC, then kind of sucked in his fights and got released? He’s baaack! Pound4Pound.com is reporting that Kimbo has begun training (a miracle [...]
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