Promoter Calls Off George Zimmerman-DMX Fight

[M0rpheus]

The man behind the George Zimmerman-DMX fight announced that he has cancelled the bout. Earlier today, Damon Feldman revealed on Twitter that he made the decision to forego "a lot of money" because people's feelings mean more to him than money.

Damon Feldman @hollywoodbox11
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It was my decision to cancel the george zimmerman fight it was worth a lot of money to me but people's feelings meant more to me

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I couldn't be happier.

[alsame]

1. Good. nt

[PoliticAverse]

2. And so ends that publicity stunt. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

3. My bullshit detector just went off...

I suspect he was projected to lose a bunch of moolah when the word got out and people started slamming him for it.

It's a good thing the event was cancelled because....well, Zimmermann. But I seriously doubt he passed on making any money.

[M0rpheus]

6. I really don't care what the reason was.

Whether it's about the bottom line, public outrage, or something else, I'm glad it's done.

The only reason he's famous is because he got away with murder. He should never be able to make a dime off his "celebrity".

[MH1]

9. It wouldn't shock me to learn that he feared for his life.

He was going to royally piss off a whole lot of people in Philadelphia. That just doesn't seem to me like a healthy thing to do. Maybe he wised up.

[NYC_SKP]

4. I guess, for George Zimmerman, it's back to "painting"...

This painting was pulled from eBay, sadly:



http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/12/anti-george-zimmerman-painting-banned-from-ebay

But they didn't mind handling GZ's plagiarizings:



and there's this other one:

[targetpractice]

10. Oh, I get the flag "art" now... It's so, um, literal. n/t

[Scootaloo]

14. Oh yes. These.

~original

[flying rabbit]

18. Heh!

[Jamaal510]

25. His painting "prowess"

is even more limited than Bush ll's; at least Bush ll could paint dogs and pictures of his feet. GZ has to use photoshop like a wimp...

[Gothmog]

5. This great news

I am glad that this event is not going to happen. The best way to deal with Zimmerman is to ignore him

[bravenak]

7. Good.

Let's forget about George as best as we can, and let's try to remember Trayvon. I hope I never hear about George again.

[rocktivity]

8. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

I said from the beginning it would have been a fraud -- you can't have a celebrity boxing match with only one celebrity!

Now go get yourself a REAL job like the rest of us, Zim!


rocktivity

[demigoddess]

11. oh yeah, I believe that one.

hardly.

[malaise]

12. Good

Zimmerman must be treated as a pariah - fucking murderer.

[Blue_Tires]

13. color me surprised

[uppityperson]

15. "people's feelings"? You mean all of us who wanted to see zimmy get the shit beat out of him? Those

feelings?

[Cha]

16. Wow! All I can say is..

thank the Universe for People who let their feelings be known about a child murderer making money from some kind of sick celebrity status. JHC.

Justice4Trayvon

[arely staircase]

17. that's too bad nt

[jsr]

19. It was a sleazy move to get some free advertising for Damon Feldman

[flying rabbit]

20. I would have loved to see his ass handed to him. nt

[DebJ]

21. I am ashamed to admit that I was looking forward to that myself, and I HATE boxing. n/t

[Incitatus]

27. I wouldn't mind him getting his ass kicked, but I would

would have preferred a UFC style cage fight and a guarantee that he would have no chance to profit from it.

[Raine1967]

22. GOOD.

He killed a kid.

As much as I understand the desire by a few to see his ass get kicked, I am glad that hate and retribution did not win out.

[MannyGoldstein]

23. Thank. God. nt

[Submariner]

24. Too bad. DMX was destined to turn this piece of crap into a bloody pulp

And then he would have a chunk of change for the Martin parents to go after in a civil suit. Zimmy needs to be incessantly harassed so he gets no peace. Make his life a living hell by letting him get a DMX beat down.

[jmowreader]

26. I'm a little bummed

I was looking forward to DMX avenging Trayvon.

[big_dog]

28. I cant lie, I wanted to see the fight

if they had padding of course

[alp227]

29. K&R! A victory for reason!

This story even made Reuters!