Aaron Carter will be Lamar Odom’s rival in his boxing debut | Football24 News English

Although many are not convinced that celebrities don the gloves and debut with exhibition fights in boxing, the reality is that this type of confrontation is attracting serious attention.

Last year, We saw how Jake Paul, American youtuber, knocked out basketball legend, Nate Robinson. Paul is willing to continue boxing and has even asked Conor McGregor. However, other celebrities want to follow in his footsteps.

Atlantic City will be the headquarters where Lamar Odom, a former basketball player who wore the colors of the Lakers, Clipper, Heat, Mavericks and Knicks, and who also had his time in the Endesa League of Spain with Baskonia. Opposite will be the artist Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Nick Carter, a member of the Backstreet Boys.

The news was made known by Aaron Carter himself through a video released by the entertainment portal TMZ. The fight will take place on June 12.

Not afraid of height and weight difference

The fight has been described by various media in the country as the new confrontation of ‘David vs Goliath’. Carter only weighs 175 pounds, while Odom weighs 225 pounds. In addition, the artist measures 1.83 centimeters and the former basketball player 1.86 centimeters.

However, Carter stated that he is not afraid of that difference and pointed out that “I’m very excited to fight Lamar Odom. I know it’s a David vs. Goliath fight., but I grew up doing street fights, so I’m ready. My father told me that the bigger it is, the bigger the fall. “