Posted by Jake Rossen
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Can Kimbo Slice make the cut inside the boxing ring? We'll know this summer.
The Miami Herald (via Fanhouse) brings grim news: The briefly popular Kimbo Slice, who built and summarily destroyed EliteXC's fortunes over the course of one year, is set to make his pro boxing debut this summer.
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Unwise. Slice could still have a go at MMA, albeit against mediocre competition, but boxing demands more technical proficiency -- Slice's brawling style and bully tactics aren't going to take him very far unless he's up against some seriously gasping opposition.
His fan base isn't terribly likely to follow him, either: Slice was an Internet phenomenon, and that's a culture that's been weaned on mixed martial arts, not boxing. If your career role model is Eric "Butterbean" Esch, you're getting some bad advice somewhere along the line.
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