{"id":17370,"date":"2025-07-23T06:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17370\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:49:21","slug":"akon-wants-celebrity-boxing-match-please-invite-me-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17370\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon Wants Celebrity Boxing Match, &#8216;Please Invite Me In The Ring!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Akon<br \/>\n                          I Want A Celebrity Boxing Match!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 22, 2025 3:14 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/127570826cae44c4b7e5a768292168a7_md.jpg\" alt=\"akon-kal-07-22-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    The Untold<\/p>\n<p>Have beef with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/akon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akon<\/a> and want to mix it up in a ring with the musician? Good news &#8212; the &#8220;Smack That&#8221; crooner says he desperately wants to take a celebrity boxing match!!<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old made the revelation during a recent sitdown with &#8220;THE UNTOLD&#8221; &#8230; explaining on the show he&#8217;d absolutely accept a fight if a good offer was put in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250722_1c84e0f0028245428222dcce97a74524\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1e22d754-68f5-4e04-ad5c-0933cd2bdb55\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1c84e0f0028245428222dcce97a74524_md.jpg\" alt=\"akon sub getty swipe 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my sleep,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Please invite me in the ring!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Akon didn&#8217;t have an opponent in mind &#8212; but he made it clear, anyone who gets between the ropes with him is going to get a mouthful of fists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rapper, R&amp;B singer, comedian, athlete,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It don&#8217;t matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250722_191b36a45de442ebb79f3bf2e59ee766\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1e22d754-68f5-4e04-ad5c-0933cd2bdb55\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/191b36a45de442ebb79f3bf2e59ee766_md.jpg\" alt=\"akon sub getty swipe 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Akon did say there was one criteria he was searching for in a potential combatant &#8212; &#8220;it&#8217;s gotta be somebody that dislikes me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s out there,&#8221; Akon said. &#8220;Everybody got a hater. He&#8217;s probably just looking for the right opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Someone get Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman on the line, STAT!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Akon I Want A Celebrity Boxing Match!!! 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