by Jake Rossen (jrossen@sherdog.com)
He may technically be outside this page’s window of interest, but Jose Canseco has yet to make a decision in his late-onset combat sports career that doesn’t fascinate -- even if it’s for all the wrong reasons.
According to a news release circulated by something called the “Celebrity Boxing Federation,” Canseco is slated to face professional eater Bill “el Wingador” Simmons in “Celebrity Boxing 10: When Worlds Collide” July 24 in Aston, Pa.
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Any time there's potential that Jose Canseco is going to be brutally beaten like he pissed off Chris Brown, I'm all for it. But, I'm a little concerned about him becoming a "freak show" in MMA. If a new fan catches wind that Jose is dabbling in MMA and tunes in to see this Neanderthal lose brain cells he can't spare, what are they going to think of the sport?
I know the bout coming up is a "boxing" match, but Jose did just compete in an MMA match in Japan not too long ago. And he has competed in celebrity boxing matches(I use the terms celebrity and boxing both very loosely)in the past. With his new found affinity for combat sports, it seems that Jose is doing all he can to cash in on the public's growing interest in MMA, while simultaneously embarrassing himself in the process.
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