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Golf Sensation Paige Spiranac Gives Huge Props to Mike Tyson and the Late Kimbo Slice

Published 11/01/2022, 5:30 AM EDT

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Paige Spiranac is all prepped up for Halloween! The golf sensation’s outfits for the annual celebration have already left fans amazed all over the world. Furthermore, Spiranac recently posted a new video of her talking about the spookiest athletes of all time. Guess who took the top prize?

It was none other than UFC icon Mike Tyson, while the late Kimbo Slice also made it to the list.

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Paige Spiranac labels Mike Tyson as the spookiest athlete

In her recent post on Halloween, Spiranac assembled her rankings based on athletes whom she considered the most intimidating. Five former athletes made it to the list, which majorly comprised UFC and baseball icons. But the top honors went to Mike Tyson, whom Spiranac considered the “Monster of the Heavyweights”.

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Spiranac, who sported the MLB franchise Philadelphia Phillies’ outfit, made the rankings in association with her sponsorship deal with PointsBet Sportsbook.

She has made exclusive posts for the betting website, with the caption “@_paige.renee is all dressed up for Halloween as she ranks the spookiest athletes ever”.

Spiranac ranks former UFC fighter behind Tyson

Furthermore, she also honored the late UFC boxer Kevin Ferguson, better known as Kimbo Slice, in her rankings. She placed him second only to Tyson in the spookiest athletes list, giving a fair indication of Spiranac’s fears in the UFC ring!

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The Bahamas-born Ferguson was multifaceted in a variety of domains. He was a mixed martial artist, boxer, and professional wrestler. Additionally, he worked as an actor in a number of action-based movies such as ‘Blood and Bone’, ‘Circle of Pain’, ‘Locked Down’, and ‘The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption’.

While Kimbo Slice made his UFC debut in 2009, he was already a popular entity. His roles in combat street fight videos went viral back in the day. The clips took notice of popular wrestlers on the circuit, with the Rolling Stone naming him “The King of the Web Brawlers”.

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What do you think about Paige’s rankings? Did she miss out on any other “spooky” athletes? Comment down below.

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Sharan Nair

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