A celebrity boxing match involving George Zimmerman has been called off.
Zimmerman was supposed to fight Earl Simmons, better known as hip-hop star DMX.
On Saturday, the promoter who brokered the match tweeted Saturday he was scrapping the fight.
Damon Feldman, the owner of Celebrity Boxing, said Zimmerman was the wrong person to put in the ring and define celebrity boxing, because he’d rather “make people happy.”
The bout between the veteran rapper and Zimmerman was generating a strong negative response.
However, the DMX camp is also addressing the cancellation, thanking fans for their support of the veteran rapper and claiming DMX never agreed to the fight.