{"id":84891,"date":"2025-08-21T00:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/84891\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:13:11","slug":"former-lakers-legend-nba-hall-of-famer-to-compete-in-celebrity-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/84891\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lakers Legend, NBA Hall of Famer to Compete in Celebrity Boxing Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers legend and NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O\u2019Neal has agreed to compete<\/a> in a celebrity boxing match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The date and time of the match has not been revealed but the opponent called O\u2019Neal out himself in a video posted by Celebrity Boxing on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Mack, who is also known as Charles Alston, challenged O\u2019Neal to face him in the boxing ring to settle long-time beef between the pair. Mack was the former bodyguard of actor Will Smith and a well-known figure in the Philadelphia music and culture space.<\/p>\n

Mack said the beef between O\u2019Neal and himself began in Dallas a few years ago when O\u2019Neal allegedly tried to cut the line of an autograph signing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in Dallas doing an autograph signing, and he came and tried to jump in front of the line,\u201d Mack said in the video. \u201cI chopped him in his neck so he could get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo listen, I\u2019m giving you an opportunity to kind of settle the difference. Me and you, baby, super heavyweight. \u2026 I\u2019m calling you \u2018Sha-knocked out.\u2019 That\u2019s what you\u2019re gonna be,” Mack added. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Shortly after the video was posted, O\u2019Neal responded to the challenge on his Instagram.<\/p>\n

“Hey Celebrity Boxing and Charlie Mack, I accept,\u201d O\u2019Neal said. \u201cYou chopped me in my neck, Charlie Mack, that\u2019s why I talk so funny. Payback time. You name the time and place, I\u2019ll be there. Diesel don\u2019t run from nobody. \u2026 You better check my police record, Charlie Mack.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This will not be the 7-foot-1 NBA superstar\u2019s first boxing match. He competed in exhibition matches against Oscar De La Hoya in 2009 and Shane Mosley in 2010.<\/p>\n

Both of these boxing matches were featured in his two-season reality show called \u201cShaq Vs.\u201d, where he challenged athletes to one-on-one competitions in their respective sports.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neal lost both boxing matches back then. <\/p>\n

Mack posted a poster of O’Neal and himself to advertise the upcoming boxing match on Instagram on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“So I call Big Fella @shaq<\/a> out yesterday & he accepted as I knew he would!!!! We\u2019ve been talking about it way too long, now we MUST get it ON!!!!!!!! The details will come soon from The Best Celebrity Boxer promoter @damoncelebrityboxing<\/a>,” Mack wrote.<\/p>\n

For more news and notes on the Los Angeles Lakers, visit Los Angeles Lakers on SI<\/a>.<\/p>\n