As you can see, George Zimmerman took his training seriously and even bought a suit so that he would look good in the fight. (Photo: NY Daily News)
While many sports fans are paying their attention to Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, another momentous sports event has been scheduled right here in the United States. Specifically, George Zimmerman, known for killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and acquitted in the 2013 trial, had announced that he would participate in a boxing match against another celebrity. As his opponent, the match organizers picked a rapper named DMX (no relation to List of X. DMX also, apparently, once collaborated with a rap group L.O.X. which still is not related to List of X, though I am less sure of that). However, this weekend the match promoter Damon Feldman has announced that the fight has been called off. Here are 10 reasons why Zimmerman-DMX boxing match had been cancelled.
1) George Zimmerman was fearful for his life, but the organizers wouldn’t allow him to bring a gun to the ring.
2) George Zimmerman was hoping for an opponent with a celebrity status and a weight category of Justin Bieber.
3) The promoter tweeted that he’d rather make people happy than make money, which made both Zimmerman and DMX immediately suspicious that Feldman isn’t a real boxing promoter.
4) Zimmerman felt that having to fight an opponent who hadn’t killed anyone would be beneath him.
5) The match was cancelled due to overwhelming opposition among the public: while over 320,000 people liked the Facebook petition to cancel the fight, only 15,000 people asked the organizers to let them fight George Zimmerman.
6) Zimmerman didn’t want to fight a rapper, because he’s more into country music.
7) The promoter’s attempt to include the fight into the Sochi Winter Olympics schedule had failed. According to Russian Olympic Committee, they weren’t interested in boxing, because their Olympic program already includes gay-bashing.
8) Zimmerman just discovered that the exclusive gated community he was promised by his real estate agent was actually a boxing ring.
9) According to George Zimmerman’s accountant, the fee that was promised to Zimmerman for the boxing match would just about cover Zimmerman’s medical expenses after the match.
10) Zimmerman didn’t like the fact that at this fight, there would be a lot of witnesses.
List of X 
11. Zimmerman was disappointed that, for some reason, the Skittles endorsement deal didn’t go through.
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Either that, or he wanted it banned as a performance-enhancing substance.
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I’m sorry to see this event cancelled. It could have been even better than my favorite celebrity boxing match of all time, Dustin “Screech” Diamond vs. Ron “Horshack” Palillo, a fight that was stopped because Horshack had two black eyes. God, I laughed.
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Maybe their celebrity boxing match was stopped when the judges realized that neither of those two is an actual celebrity. (Well, not to me anyway, I have no idea who these two are.)
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Celebrities or not, I’d still like to see the match. Have you ever watched two people box who have no idea how to box properly? It’s hysterical. They flail around like dying poultry.
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That could be entertaining, I guess. But since I’ve never seen either celebrity boxing or dying poultry, it might be hard for me to tell which is which.
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That’s the beauty of it.
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11. Zimmerman admitted that he had originally signed the contract to appear in the fight in a room with very poor lighting. He mistook DMX’s actual name, Earl Simmons, for that of Samantha Scheibe, who he’s already gone a few rounds with.
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He also was armed when he was up against his girlfriend. Maybe he assumed that Simmons would allow him the same courtesy.
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I’d imagine it’s tough to handle a Glock while wearing a pair of 10 oz gloves.
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This I can’t argue with, so just LOL.
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Was this event really going to happen? Zimmerman, a celebrity? Such a bad taste in my mouth that leaves…
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Well, he IS a celebrity now, so now we get to watch his PR tricks.
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Darn it i wanted to see Zimmer get beat to a pulp for what he did. SMH
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I’d really have preferred for him to do time in prison, but, apparently, even this fight is too much for him.
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Perhaps this cancellation just proves there is a god. George Zimmerman, murderer non-extraordinaire, will not get more publicity. At least not this time.
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Unfortunately, he already got the extra publicity (including this post), and escaped any injuries by cancelling the fight. It’s clearly a win-win for Zimmerman.
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L.O.X, you might want to direct that powerful mind of yours to “why the Russians drink so much vodka.” Apparently one reason is to steralize and make palatable the drinking water. Another might be to be able to not think about the surrveilence cameras in the shower and toilet stalls. Another might be it is part of a plan of Putin to convince his fellow countrymen he is not short. (I am sure you can do better.)
Thought you might appreciate a suggestion for another magnificent list.
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To me, “Russians drinking vodka” is something of a law of nature, so I’m not sure I’ll be able to make a full list out of it. However, since you are obviously interested in Russians and vodka (and chemistry), here is a fun fact: Dmitry Mendeleev, the creator of the Periodic Table, is also credited with determining the ideal water/alcohol ratio for vodka.
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Reblogged this on The ObamaCrat™ and commented:
According to Damon Feldman @hollywoodbox11 This boxing match of two dumbasses, is not officially cancelled. He plans to hold a press conference Tuesday at some unannounced locations at some unannounced time, to give his decision. More publicity. Would be poetic justice if no media showed up. I know…not a chance in AmeriKKKa. From the man himself: @hollywoodbox11 posted 39 minutes ago..
Press conference will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. To address all the facts of the Zimmerman fight
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So first there was a fight, then the fight is off, then it’s on again? Who is running this thing, Mitt Romney?
Thank you for the reblog, Jueseppi.
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Yeah, Mitt Romney…that would not shock me much.
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Excellent! Have to share!!
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome. Great job …. 🙂
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Sorry!! Have to share ….
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I didn’t know this was happening. Gross.
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At least the good news now that this isn’t going to happen.
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Damn. I would have liked to see that rapper guy beat the crap out of him.
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Maybe they could still do this fight somewhere in a dark alley…
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Rapper: Hey man, thought whitey was carryin’ a juice box.
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Hey, those juice box straws can be pretty sharp.
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Trayvon Martin deserves better.
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He does. But he gets this circus instead.
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Exactly.
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I thought it was cancelled because DMX saw zimmerman’s artwork and became too ill to fight.
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Oh yeah, I forgot that he’s an artist, too. Is there an antonym for “Renaissance man”? Because we should have a word for someone who tries and fails at everything.
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Politician?
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They are at least good at getting elected, if not in anything else.
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I don’t think it helped that boxers generally enter the ring in a hooded robe. That was probably enough to frighten Zimmerman away.
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And since he’d have to wear one of those, too, he’ll probably start by attacking his dressing room mirror.
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I would totally watch that on Pay-per-View.
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You may still get a chance, I heard the fight is back on.
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This is a shame because I would have paid to see that… hell, I would pay more to get in the ring with him myself…
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You’d have to get in line to go against Zimmerman, because there are 15,000 people in front of you.
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well that sucks
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Wanna fight?
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sure… I have something of a knack and I’m huge…
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Hey! Hey! No fighting here! This is a family establishment! Take it to the usual place.
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sorry
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I was thinking this must be a joke, but I suspect it’s not. Sigh. When did fifteen minutes of fame for shooting an unarmed teenager turn into celebrity boxing matches?
And….oooooooooo, number 7. I loved that one. So, X. Perchance could you promote a boxing match between myself and Art? I’d even pay to see that one.
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No, it’s not a joke, apparently, and the fight seems to be back on. Although, honestly, I just can’t see GZ to go unarmed against someone his own size. He can’t even have a conversation with his wife or girlfriend (I think he has both) without threatening them with a gun.
I’m not really good at promoting anything, even if you pay me. I could be an independent referee, if you want. In fact, I’m so independent that I don’t even know most of the boxing rules.
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This is gonna be the best fight ever… I figure if I tickle him enough, I’ll win. Just a question of where to tickle…
Sigh. This is so weird. Go away, GZ. Please.
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Ok, the fight has been re-cancelled for now. But stay tuned, because right now I’m not sure how long it’s going to stay cancelled.
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The suspense is killing me.
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Stand your ground and defend yourself!
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So bad. I really hope there isn’t any ounce of actual truth at the bottom of this…
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The fact that the fight was announced and then cancelled (and then announced again and cancelled again!) is an actual truth, unfortunately.
However, the list of the reasons, as usual, comes from my paranoid mind. 🙂
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I’m fond of your paranoid mind 🙂
But the fact that there is truth in this is just disturbing. PEOPLE.
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Yes, PEOPLE. They’re everywhere!
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Brilliant!
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Thank you!
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Your list, as always, Brilliant.
The thought of this murdering, woman abusing, assclown receiving more publicity for his status as a racist NRA poster child for Stand Your Ground laws in Florida…well it makes me utterly ill.
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Thank you, Val, and I apologize for giving GZ even more publicity.
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Zimmerman is a low-life, good-for-nothing pig. He probably backed out because he couldn’t box with a gun.
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The story sounded to me like the promoters were backing out, rather than Zimmerman himself, I think he’s just desperate for money and/or attention – or, after the verdict, he’s just feeling invincible and untouchable, if his post-trial behavior is any indication.
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Brilliant! Although the whole event was a publicity stunt from the start and was never going to happen.
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Then it’s a good thing it never happened, because millions of people would have been torn between trying to boycott Zimmerman and the temptation to watch him get his ass kicked.
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Zimmerman’s karmic punishment is that he has to listen to country music.
There! Now about that footprint – I have very specific reasons for needing to know. I’m emailing you.
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Isn’t that considered cruel and unusual punishment?
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It is to me.
Ack! It’s probably the ONLY music I don’t like.
I’m not talking crossover.
I mean, straight up country.
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Yes, I don’t like it either – and it’s not the music itself, but that invariant voice that sounds as though they are singing while drinking from a beer bottle spiked with helium.
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“invariant”-
I love that word.
I’m stealing that entire line. live with it.
I can’t use it on the post I’m writing right now, but I WILL use it somewhere, rest assured.
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Ok, fine, take it, I don’t mind. Incidentally, this was the first time ever I used this word.
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You wore it well.
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# 8 – bwa haha!
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Sounds like you had some experience with real estate agents. 🙂
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What a nightmare/dream come true that would have been for millions of people.
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And the organizers could have doubled the nightmare/dream factor by getting Zimmerman fight Toronto’s Rob Ford.
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“4) Zimmerman felt that having to fight an opponent who hadn’t killed anyone would be beneath him.” You slay me X. You really do.
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Sorry! But if you live in Florida or other Stand Your Ground states, you are allowed to defend yourself by any means necessary from my attempts to slay you.
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I hope you don’t mind my reblogging you. Hugs, Barbara
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No, I don’t mind at all, thank you for the reblog!
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