Kimbo Slice’s son proves he’s chip off the old block with devastating one-punch KO
Kevin Ferguson Jr’s latest one-punch KO boxing victory casts him in the same mould as his late father.
The son of combat sports legend Kimbo Slice showed qualities just like his dad when he competed in a Celebrity Boxing event over the weekend.
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The event was headlined by former three-weight world champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley, who won by fifth round TKO, at Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack in Chester, United States.
‘Baby Slice’, 32, was taking on Drew Mournet, the founder of protein and clothing brand Apex Sport in a super-middleweight contest.
The knockout came from a huge overhand right in the second round of the bout, which sent Mournet’s mouthpiece flying.
Slice Jr the bout was ‘easy work’ after his emphatic Celebrity Boxing return in Philadelphia.
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His father, Slice, was also a boxer and held a professional record of seven wins and zero losses, with six of those victories coming by way of knockout.
You could say he was the original YouTube boxer, way before the likes of KSI, Jake Paul and Tommy Fury appeared on the scene.
Slice’s bare knuckle street fights have amassed millions of views on the video platform and date back to as early as 2006.
His popularity online and in the street fight community eventually led him to embark on a career in MMA.
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He competed for EliteXC, first and foremost, before having two official fights in the UFC under the guidance of Dana White in 2009.
Slice joined The Ultimate Fighter in 2009 in order to gain a path into the UFC. His fight against Roy Nelson was the highest rated MMA show in US history, with approximately six million viewers.
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After his pay-per-view debut at UFC 113, in which Slice lost to Matt Mitrione on the main card, White confirmed that Slice had probably fought his last contest in the promotion, but credited him as a human being and fighter.
With legendary boxing promoter Gary Shaw by his side, Slice then entered the world of boxing, making his professional debut in August 2011.
Two years later, he had his last boxing match and moved into MMA again to, ultimately, make more money.
Fast-forward to 2015 and Slice had made his debut for Bellator MMA, the same organisation ‘Baby Slice’ fought multiple times for between 2016 and 2019.
Slice defeated Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138 after signing a multi-year contract with the organisation in January 2015, five years after his MMA retirement.
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After a second fight against Dhafir Harris at Bellator 149 in February 2016, which finished as a no contest due to a failed drug test, it was announced Slice would main event Bellator 158 in London.
Bellator President Scott Coker scheduled Slice to fight James Thompson, who he was victorious over at EliteXC eight years prior.
The event was set to be the main event of Bellator 158 in London’s O2 Arena, but Slice sadly passed away from heart failure before the fight could happen at just 42 years of age.
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Slice Jr has previously referenced using his dad’s death as motivation to win his own MMA fights.
He followed in his father’s footsteps in 2017 by winning his first professional MMA fight, knocking out Darryal Griffin at Bellator 179 in London.
More recently, he claimed his father would have been able to compete against the likes of ‘The Bronze Bomber’, Deontay Wilder, in modern boxing.
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