Tuesday, June 12, 2007

男兒當隻抽!


Youtube等網上video網站傳播能力強勁,又一明證。

Kimbo Slice(真名Kevin Ferguson),大大隻隻練拳擊的地中海頭黑人壯男(圖左),幹過職業美式足球的陪練員及保鏢,在美國普通過唔普通。

轉捩點是近年開始,化身「地下拳手」Kimbo,跟不同人(當然主要是有番上下大隻的貧民區惡人)在後花園、停車場之類地方「隻抽」(基本上只用拳頭,不用踢摔地戰,其實也就是赤手拳擊),並且把homemade打鬥影片在網上發送,連戰連勝(只輸過一次給一位練過綜合格鬥技的警察),漸漸就生起名氣來,fans們長期密切留意,何時在Youtube又有Kimbo的新一場「隻抽」上載……

Kimbo終於受到職業格鬥技界的注意,「Cage Fury Fighting Championship」邀請他在本月正式出戰綜合格鬥技比賽,對手竟是前奧運拳擊金牌/重量級職業拳擊冠軍Ray Mercer(雖然是已經四張幾野的過氣拳王),接著還有電視真人show的合約,簡直有點「灰姑娘」味道,典型的「American Dream」,全拜網路所賜。

打鬥影片內容見血,兼夾粗口橫飛,所以我都不貼了,自己去Youtube搜尋「Kimbo」吧,或者直接上他的網頁看:Kimbo官網

6 comments:

朋友 said...

正!好鬼Fight Club呀

Anonymous said...

又係真幾鬼fight club喎.......

Anonymous said...

Basically he is the Tank of current era.

Same persona. Bad boy, tough guy. Your typical American tough guy mould. Not remotely impressed.

喬靖夫 said...

Mark,

我幾impressed架。

一方面係覺得佢顯示出用網路影片self-promote既巨大潛力。

另一方面,佢d對手,好多係d大大隻既street tough,但就比個有幾下拳擊散手既對手痛宰,我覺得幾痛快……

不過佢一旦成為真正職業拳手,呢d獨特之處好快會比人忘卻……但至少賺到一筆先啦!

Anonymous said...

Well, for his marketing mind, I agreed. You know, he was just a street thug doing bodyguarding for some porn producer (VIP club or something I forgot).

Using the web to sell himself is definitely a smart move. Kudo to him for earning some quick buck.

Anonymous said...

單係名揚四海已經夠哂!