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Kimbo Slice vs. Big D

You can’t have an article about bare knuckle boxing without including the late Kimbo Slice, who with his imtimidating look and physique, natural charisma and devastating punching power became one of YouTube’s first breakout stars when videos of his backyard brawls were uploaded in the early 2000’s.

The first fight that rocketed Kimbo to stardom was an unforgettably brutal beatdown against an unfortunate man by the name of ‘Big D’, who was blasted by a thunderous right hand in the opening exchange of the bout and soon after was already motioning that he’d had enough.

Kimbo goaded him into continuing though and then even let him take a few free bare knuckle blows at his head before flooring him seconds later with a left hook.

Soon after ‘Big D’ signalled he was done, and with good reason as a close up of his face showed he had suffered a horrific broken orbital during the short-lived battle.

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Kimbo’s reputation was only further enhanced in subsequent videos, one of which saw him defeat two 300lb fighters, one after the other, in a Miami boatyard.

Eventually Kimbo was defeated by of all things a Boston cop by the name of Sean Gannon, but by then his legendary BKB brawls had made him so famous that he was able to make a transition to MMA, where he generated huge ratings for the likes of Elite XC, UFC and Bellator before his death in 2016.

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