# George Zimmerman agrees to celebrity boxing match **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178 "2014-01-31T02:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/41 "2014-01-31T20:24:36Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > (Or even a claymation Celebrity Death-Match) LMAO, I forgot about that show. [http://youtu.be/am5kQ6uzf9A](http://youtu.be/am5kQ6uzf9A) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/42 "2014-01-31T20:31:28Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I think he’s unemployable with a boatload of legal bills to pay. So, he’s in the market for any way to cash in on his 15 minutes. You have to strike the iron when it’s hot, you know? > > Hey, maybe he could go to blacksmithing school? The TMZ article says he’s donating his cut to charity. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/43 "2014-01-31T20:41:11Z")
Zimmerman vs. Jeantel, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/44 "2014-01-31T20:45:52Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > The TMZ article says he’s donating his cut to charity. Would that charity happen to be the George Zimmerman Defense Fund, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/45 "2014-02-01T00:55:21Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Didn’t know where to put this but since it’s entertainment and TMZ, Cafe Society seems right. Get your popcorn ready…Now’s your chance to kick\*\* George Zimmerman\*\*'s ass with zero legal repercussions – he just agreed to a celebrity boxing match … and he says he’ll fight ANYONE … Calling Danny Bonaduce!!! Dig That! ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/46 "2014-02-01T04:52:57Z")
Nong Toom ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/47 "2014-02-01T06:16:07Z")
[Carol Channing?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHjSHGqTBxM). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/48 "2014-02-01T16:34:38Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Yup. I see - George Zimmerman agrees to celebrity boxing match > > - I immediately think Tonya Harding. Anyone else? Actually, the first person I thought of was George Zimmer. I can imagine his pre-fight statement: _“A round-one knockout…I guarantee it!”_ ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/49 "2014-02-01T17:31:27Z")
But we already know he sucks at fighting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/50 "2014-02-01T18:03:04Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Mike Tyson is so far on the skids that this could actually be a fair fight, but I’d rather see a cage match with Kimbo Slice. I’d pay to see Mike Tyson pummel Zimmerman until Zimmerman flees like the punk he is. Might redeem Mikey in my eyes just a little bit. And now I feel real dirty for thinking and posting this. But hey, we all have our standards. ---
**Author:** ![NIKI50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@NIKI50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIKI50)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/51 "2014-02-03T01:54:05Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I’d pay to see Mike Tyson pummel Zimmerman until Zimmerman flees like the punk he is. Might redeem Mikey in my eyes just a little bit. And now I feel real dirty for thinking and posting this. But hey, we all have our standards. I like this idea myself but Tyson is coming back himself. Saw him recently on Arsenio and he looked good. Now a Kimbo Slice fight… sounds fair. Kimbo is a really scary guy. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/52 "2014-02-04T21:02:52Z")
:smack:George Zimmerman: “I Wanna Fight Kanye West … For Beating Up ‘Defenseless People’” Read more: [George Zimmerman -- I Wanna Fight Kanye West ... For Beating Up 'Defenseless People'](http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/03/george-zimmerman-kanye-west-celeb-boxing-defenseless-people/#ixzz2sOCdjsag) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/53 "2014-02-05T03:32:43Z")
Like Kanye needs the publicity, the money, or has anything better to do. Relax, George. It’s a big world. I’m sure there’s just got to be some angry black guy willing to be paid to pound the living shit out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/54 "2014-02-05T12:41:09Z")
And that angry black guy is [DMX](http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/showbiz/zimmerman-dmx-boxing-match/index.html?hpt=us_c2), and, according to the linked story: > [@](#): > > 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. Sounds like some serious expletive to me. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/55 "2014-02-05T12:56:05Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > But we already know he sucks at fighting. His first line of defense against a kid was a gun, and now he wants to fight an adult? He’ll be knocked out in the first round, even if the opponent is Honey Boo Boo. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178/56 "2014-02-10T12:40:42Z")
The fight has been [cancelled.](http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2014/02/08/3268391/george-zimmerman-damon-feldman/). A shame, really. I would have liked to seen how Mr. Zimmerman would do. I guess for now, he is still undefeated. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-agrees-to-celebrity-boxing-match/680178.md?page=2)