[h=1]DMX to Fight George Zimmerman in Boxing Match[/h] [h=2]Happening March 1[/h] [h=4]By <a href="http://pitchfork.com/staff/carrie-battan/"><address>Carrie Battan</address> on February 5, 2014 at 12:00 a.m.[/h]
Update: TMZ reports that DMX is still negotiating a contract, so the fight isn't 100% official yet.
Yes, this is real. George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin, has signed a contract with celebrity boxing match promotor Damon Feldman. And Feldman has delivered on his reputation for head-spinning matchups (see: Tonya Harding vs. a waitress) by selecting
DMX as Zimmerman's opponent,
TMZ reports. To break it down further: George Zimmerman will fight DMX.
As you can imagine, the list of people willing to fight Zimmerman was long. Among the 15,000 candidates was the rapper
Game,
who told TMZ: "I would not be boxing for me... I'd be boxing for the legacy of Trayvon Martin and his family." DMX also told TMZ that he wants to fight on behalf of "every black person who has been done wrong in the system...I am going to beat the living fuck out of him. I am breaking every rule in boxing to make sure I fuck him up right." He also threatened to piss on Zimmerman's face.
Details of the fight, which takes place on March 1, will be announced during a news conference next Wednesday.