Celebrity Boxing

(Newser) - After a planned celebrity boxing match involving George Zimmerman caused controversy—including a White House petition against it, Philadelphia Magazine notes—the match has been canceled, according to its promoter. "I'm sorry for anyone I hurt with this but this was a very big opportunity thank you,"...

(Newser) - If you were hoping to be the one to potentially knock out George Zimmerman , we've got bad news for you. Celebrity Boxing chief Damon Feldman has chosen Zimmerman's opponent—out of 15,000 applications!—and it's DMX, TMZ reports. The rapper was not shy in describing...

(Newser) - The inevitable has happened: George Zimmerman has agreed to participate in a Celebrity Boxing match. Zimmerman tells Radar he started doing "boxing-type training" before shooting Trayvon Martin (which he calls "the incident"), and that the celebrity match gives him "an opportunity and motivation to get back...