George Zimmerman has agreed to a celebrity boxing match. According to TMZ, celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman is paying Zimmerman to step in the ring with someone else. Sources told the gossip site that Zimmerman is "open to fighting a black person" but Feldman said anyone is welcome to box with Zimmerman.
"We're not looking at it as a race thing... We haven't discussed purple, yellow, white, black," Feldman told TMZ.
So far Feldman has not found an opponent but rapper The Game told TMZ he would definitely fight Zimmerman in a boxing match.
"I will beat the f**k out of him," the rapper said. "I would not be boxing for me. I'd be boxing for the legacy of Trayvon Martin and for his family."
The Game, who has a tattoo of Trayvon Martin on his leg added: "I would box him to knock him out. I would definitely take pleasure in it. It's legal, and I want to show him you can solve your disputes without a weapon."
Zimmerman told Radar Online that the celebrity boxing match was his idea and he has been training for a long time now.
"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 Damon 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," he said.
The Florida native told Radar that the money he earns from the match would be donated to a charity that rescues animals but wouldn't reveal which one because he said "there's so much animosity still from people out there."
The boxing match will take place on March 1, 2014 and will air only online and Pay-Per-View.
