Hold the presses! After much consideration (and accusations that the fight was going to be fixed) boxing promoter Damon Feldman has had a change of heart and cancelled the boxing match between George Zimmerman and rapper DMX, which was to take place in March of this year. Yesterday evening he tweeted:
“All you people are right”
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
“I want to thank everyone for the good n bad comments I’ve made the choice to cancel the fight w George Zimmermann more to life then money.”
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
“Done with George Zimmerman if you had a major payday sitting in front of you , I know no one else would walk away like I did ***Next!!”
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 9, 2014
“I made the right decision I could of made big $$$ but I would rather be happy”
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 9, 2014
According to Deadspin, he also posted the below tweets but it appears that he deleted them…
“The George Zimmerman fight is canceled I’m sorry for anyone I hurt with this but this was a very big opportunity thank you”
“It was my decision to cancel the george zimmerman fight it was worth a lot of money to me but people’s feelings meant more to me I walked away from av [sic] million dollar payday with this fight but to be honest I’d rather be happy and make people happy thank you”
Now, we can all move on from this ill-conceived spectacle. – ruthie hawkins/@ruubabie
