Could Kimbo Slice been a Heavyweight champion if he started boxing earlier ?

No his chin was glass. It made Khan look iron chinned - he got KO'd by a jab with a guy moving backwards.
His attack may have been a touch better and he might have had some kinda of defense but at the top level he would get destroyed by any of the top 10 and probably realistically the top 50

 

No he isn't that good and MMA power doesn't translate well to boxing as they're not punching specialists often. If they were legit kickboxers, muay thai or lethwei fighters known for punching power perhaps so. Kimbo was just a juicehead who street fought.

 

He will forever be a legend in the streets.

R.I.P Kimbo Slice

 

If Eddie Hearn was his promoter, maybe. Done a miracle with aj

 

How long is a piece of string. Impossible question to answer. I would assume no because few do.

 

Nah, he wouldn't make it to a high enough level to fight for a title.
Still a mean dude though!

 

Yeah like anything suggest that he would have a change against top 100-200 heavys. People seriously underestimate how good those guys are

 

The man started MMA in his thirties. Who knows how could have been. He was fearless.

 

Kimbo had heart, and he had power. But ... he didn't have speed, technique or a chin. Chances are that he'd get messed up.

 

His chin wasn't so bad. I know he got KO'd by that dude with pink hair, but that is the only fight he showed a bad chin I think.

 

The guy did compete as a professional with zero experience and no amateur background at all. No one could guess what he could have achieved if he had dedicated his life to boxing from a young age but anyone saying he definitely couldn't have is just a hater. Boxing isn't black magic it's just like any other sport

 

I can show you a clip where a fat cop that says he's a 'ninja' beats the pants off him

 

Oh yeah, agree with that. Sometimes one can have a great career off a heart, power and good training. Patterson had a chin weaker than wet toiletpaper and he still did great.

 

I've seen it. Sean Gannon. He did lose, but his chin didn't have anything to do with it. He was absolutely exhausted.