Last month George Zimmerman spoke with Radar Online about his boxing aspirations saying, “Prior to the incident, I was actually going to the gym for weight loss and doing boxing-type training for weight loss. A mutual friend put me in contact with Damon and provided me with an opportunity and motivation to get back in shape and continue with my weight loss goals and also be able to help a charity out.”
Now it looks like Zimmerman’s aspirations just might be about to be made true, despite a growing WhiteHouse.gov petition, which reads:
Celebrity Boxing Promoter Damon Feldman & George Zimmerman are attempting to promote and profit off of racial tensions in America.
Damon Feldman has been known for fixing fights and taking short cuts in the past in bypassing state requirements for fighters to obtain a license to box.
Mr Feldmans past should be highly considered in this regard if Feldman is not going through the proper channels to ensure the safety of the participants it puts lives at risk.
in addition the entire idea of this event is to use racial tensions to lure people in to purchase the event. this will only hurt America as it will continue to stir up racial tensions that have been on going in this nation for quite some time.
No Promoter or Celebrity Boxer should ever be allowed to use racial tension to profit.
This comes after Zimmerman and Damon Feldman, owner of Celebrity Boxing, made the choice to go with DMX as an opponent out of a slew of email requests.
[Feldman] said last week that he was accepting offers for someone to step into the ring for a three-round, pay-per-view fight with Zimmerman.
“The news has been out for an hour and my e-mail is overloaded with 8,000 people wanting to fight George,” Feldman told CNN on Thursday.
Early Wednesday morning, he said he’s picked the contender. Out of more than 15,000 e-mailed requests, he’s going with DMX.
“The match will be one of the Biggest Celebrity Boxing matches of all time,” his news release said (uppercase emphasis his).
DMX, as we know is a rapper, and braggadocio is his calling card.
He’s out for blood, he told TMZ. Not only will he break every rule in boxing, he said, he’ll “beat the living (expletive)” out of Zimmerman.
Thoughts???
