What’s the difference between free throws and payback? Shaquille O’Neal is good at one of them. Charlie Mack is about to find that out personally if he keeps going. ICYMI, the comedian sent out an open challenge to the Big Aristotle with a hard-to-believe claim. Apparently Will Smith and Jamie Foxx’s best friend once got the jump on the 7’1″ giant. And he wants to take him down again. The thing with Shaq though, he only allows that once. So he was ‘fast’ to respond to Mack’s challenge for a boxing match.
Shaquille O’Neal was on his Instagram from the comfort of his home in Dallas after attending Dwight Howard’s BIG3 game. He was already charged up from some nailbiting basketball. The challenge for a boxing match got him riled up.
“Hey celebrity boxing and Charlie Mack, I accept,” he told the comedian and the organizers of Celebrity Boxing. “You did chop me in my neck, Charlie Mack. That’s why I talk. So funny. Payback time. You name the time and place. I’ll be there. Diesel don’t run from nobody.”
He threw in some evil laughter and lightning fast (kind of) head movement to show those moves he learnt against boxing Oscar de la Hoya a decade ago. “See that. That’s how fast I am. You better check my police record Charlie Mack.”
The only police record Shaq probably has is as his job as a voluntary sheriff’s deputy in three states. Unless his parking lot brawl with Charles Barkley amounted to any bragging rights. The man’s offcourt fighting history is not as extensive as his oncourt brawls. But he’s got some chops.
Apart from a side career in wrestling on AEW, O’Neal also put on boxing gloves for Shaq Vs, a reality series where he takes on pros in other sports. For boxing, Shaq was up against Oscar de la Hoya (season 1) and Shane Mosley (season 2). Tjey gave each other handicaps due to Shaq’s massive size and boxers being in their element. Both boxers won in unanimous decisions. Yet, Oscar and Shane would acknowledge that the massive NBA center held back his punches and was faster than they expected.
Shaq’s challenger has some old research material on his opponent. On the other hand, we have no idea what’s Charlie Mack’s hidden ace except his word that he once did what de la Hoya and Mosley did.
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