Kimbo Slice who has been referred to as the King of Rolling Stone’s Web Brawlers is a Baha’i-American mixed martial artist. He is a boxer, a professional wrestler and he also plays the role of an actor. Kimbo rose to prominence through his street fight videos on YouTube, which quickly garnered millions of views. He won almost all of his fights and was well-liked by many due to his aggressive fighting style.
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Kimbo Slice Bio/Wiki
Kimbo’s birth name is Kevin Ferguson and he was born on February 8, 1974 in Nassau, Bahamas. His family moved to the United States when he was young and he was raised alongside his two siblings (Renea and Devon) by their mother, Rosemary Clarke, in Cutler Ridge, Florida.
He attended Bel-Air Elementary School but changed to Cutler Ridge Middle School and finished at Richmond Heights Middle School. For his high school, he went to Miami Palmetto High School and was on the football team as a linebacker. His home was reportedly destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which cut short the high school football season, but he was later scheduled to try out with the Miami Dolphins in 1997, but did not make it to the first team.
He attended Bethune-Cookman College and the University of Florida, where he earned an athletic scholarship and studied criminal justice, but left a year and a half later.
His mother gave him the nickname Kimbo when he was a child. The latest moniker, however, was added after he left his opponent’s right eye badly sprained in his first recorded fight, forcing his internet fans to give him the name Slice.
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A fighter to the end, he had his first fight at the age of 13 in an attempt to defend his friend in elementary school. Behind his dream of playing football, he started his career in unauthorized reciprocal street fights in 2003, which were recorded and uploaded to the internet. Before rising to fame, Kimbo worked as a bouncer for a strip club, limo driver and bodyguard for porn site Reality Kings Net Media.
Slice was training exclusively for street boxing at the Freestyle Fighting Academy in 2005, but is keenly interested in gaining prominence in a professional career. He made his debut against Ray Mercer at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5, in Atlantic City on June 23, 2007, where he won at 1:12 of the first round.
In 2007, Slice signed a professional contract with EliteXC, but when the company went out of business in 2008, he became a free agent and competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He switched to professional boxing in 2010 and made his boxing debut on August 13, 2011, against James Wade in a knockout victory just 10 seconds into the match. In 2015, he signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA and defeated his opponent in his first fight at Bellator 138. He would have made his professional wrestling debut on February 9, 2011, but pulled out of the fight in due to injury.
His last fight was at the co-main event of Bellator 149 in February 2016, where he scored the third day of Dhaffir Harris (Dada 5000) finals. The fight was later turned into a no-contest after it was discovered that Slice had failed his pre-fight drug test. The anabolic steroid nandrolone was found in his system with an elevated testosterone ratio of 6.4:1 compared to the maximum allowed limit of 4.1.
Slice was slated for a rematch against James Thompson at Bellator 158 Battle in London on July 16, 2016, but sadly he died before the fight could take place.
Is he dead?
Yes, Kimbo passed away on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 7:30 a.m. from congestive heart failure. The Friday before his death, he was admitted to Northwest Medical Center after complaining of severe abdominal pain, dyspnea and nausea. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, liver mass and a ventilator in intensive care. Preparations were underway for his transfer to a Cleveland facility where he would await a heart transplant on an organ donor list when he died.
Kimbo Slice’s Wife, Kids
Antoinette Ray met Kimbo Slice through her older sister before he rose to fame. There are conflicting reports about their marital status, however, they were reportedly married in 2012. She described their romantic relationship as the best dating experience she had ever had and called him a protector she could always trust. count.
The couple have six children: three sons, Kevin Jr. Kevin II and Kevlar and three daughters, Kiara, Kevina and Kassandra. His three youngest children, Keiyera, Kassandra and Kevlar, attend elementary and high schools in Florida, while their oldest three, Kevin Jr., Kevin II (who studies college football and plays college football) and Kevina have between 20 and 20 years old.
The youngest son, Kevlar, who looked so much like his father when he was younger, has autism and trained with his father. Kimbo said in an Infocus video that he fought for his kids because he wanted them to be a little better than him. At the time of his death, Bellator president Scott Coker described him as a dedicated family man.
Kimbo Slice Son
Kimbo’s oldest son, Kevin Jr. follows in his father’s footsteps and fights under the name Baby Slice. He made his MMA debut in March 2016, winning the first round by knockout over 2-0 Tom Brink.
Kevin Jr. studied photography at the Academy of Arts in San Francisco, lives in Connecticut and trains at Plus One Defense Systems in West Hartford. He added that his father didn’t want him to choose MMA Fighting as his first option and pushed him through school but gave him the option to come back if he didn’t like the experience.
As a child, he did not understand all the sacrifices and devotion of his father; he does and is willing to make the same sacrifices as a fighter.
Kimbo Slice Size, Body Net Worth
Kimbo was a man who understood that the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. He is known for his daily workout and diet rich in vitamins and protein shakes. Although his body stats are unknown, he was in good shape before his death. He had a recorded height of 188 cm (6′ 2″) and weighed 106 kg (234 lbs).