DMX doesn’t just want to fight George Zimmerman.
The rapper said he plans to break all the rules of boxing and do whatever it takes to “beat the living f**k” of the acquitted killer of Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman had been publicly seeking an opponent for a Celebrity Boxing matchup , and it appears the Ruff Ryders rapper is game. TMZ reports that DMX is working out the details of the contract, but already the rapper is starting to fight outside the ring.
“I am going to beat the living f**k out of him,” said the 43-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons. “I am breaking every rule in boxing to make sure I f**k him up right.”
The fight was actually the idea of George Zimmerman, who said he wanted to raise money for charity while engaging in a favorite passtime.
“It was my idea,” Zimmerman told Radar Online . “Prior to the incident I was actually going to the gym for weight loss and doing boxing-type training for weight loss and a mutual friend put me in contact with [Celebrity Boxing CEO Damon Feldman] 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.”
The timing of the Celebrity Boxing match generated a bit of controversy, coming on the day that would have been Trayvon Martin’s 18th birthday.
There was a long list of people willing to fight Zimmerman, who solicited opponents using an email address. There were more than 15,000 respondents, including rapper The 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 said he would be boxing George Zimmerman on behalf of “every black person who has been done wrong in the system.”