Kimbo Slice Betting Odds

From Sports911.com: Kimbo Slice enormous YouTube and Internet popularity makes him a special commodity in the world of online betting.  Here you will find all the latest Kimbo Slice betting odds for upcoming events.

Category: MMA News - Kimbo Slice is an "Internet legend" and already one of the most sought out sports personalities in the world of online betting.  His fight with Ray Mercer for Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 drove many fans to the realm of online gambling.  The Kimbo Slice Tank Abbott fight was yet to be assigned odds on July 2, 2007.  That fight was slated for September 14, 2007 in Atlantic City, New Jersey as part of Cage Fury Fighting Championships 6.

Kevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice (born c. 1976) is a Miami, Florida-based underground street fighter turned mixed martial arts fighter. He has appeared in several bare-knuckle fights which have spread primarily on the Internet. It is a career Kimbo has since given up and is now putting his efforts towards being a professional mixed martial arts fighter.

Slice has worked as a bodyguard for RK Netmedia, a Miami pornography production/promotion company responsible for number of popular adult subscription websites, such as MILF Hunter and In The VIP. There is some uncertainty about his age:  Rolling Stone has stated his age was 31 (in 2007), his statistics at the Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 event said he was 33 but the announcers corrected this confirming he was in fact 31 years of age. Rolling Stone called Slice "The King of the Web Brawlers".   His current bare-knuckle fighting record is 7-1. Ferguson was a star defensive player for Miami Palmetto High School in the Pinecrest area of Miami, Florida. Although he was recruited to play football in college, he went on to the University of Miami on academic scholarship and he did not play football for them.

Slice made his sanctioned MMA debut against former world champion boxer Ray Mercer (6'1, 241.9 lb) at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5, in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 23, 2007. A video of Slice signing for the fight can be seen on the Cage Fury Fighting Championships official website. Kimbo is currently training with MMA legend Bas Rutten.

By the time the weekend of June 22, 2007 had concluded, Kimbo Slice and his defeat of former WBO World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Ray Mercer will have topped the readership ranks.  Articles leading up to this bout dominated in Sports911.com reader popularity throughout the weekend. 

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