Lamar Odom is stepping back in the ring, this time the former NBA player is squaring up with a real boxer. Odom will face former Heavyweight Champ Riddick Bowe in a celebrity boxing event on Oct. 2 at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami.
“He’s been asking me to do this for a long time,” Feldman told ESPN. “We just didn’t know when and will it be safe.”
[SideAction-ad-group]
Former NBA player Lamar Odom (41) and former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe (53) will headline a celebrity boxing event on Oct. 2 in downtown Miami, event promoter Damon Feldman told ESPN’s @Ben_Baby.
First reported by TMZSports. pic.twitter.com/Pgu2h5GOsQ
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) July 29, 2021
Xavier Biggs trained Odom for the bout against Aaron Carter. Biggs said Odom’s foray into boxing has been good for the former basketball player’s focus and discipline.
“Lamar seems to be on a life redemption mission from everything he went through before,” Biggs told ESPN.
Anything that keeps Lamar away from drugs and alcohol is a positive.
Welcome to the game outside the game! Follow us on our Sideaction Twitter handle, Instagram, and Facebook for the latest on sports and pop culture news across the web!
🔥 Hot from Side Action 🔥
- Lala Anthony Blames Knicks for the ‘Demise of their Relationship’
- Ja Morant Being Linked to Singer Lotto’s Sister Brooklyn
- Rumor: Instagram Model ‘Ayyyejae’ Connected to Phoenix Suns Is Now Pregnant by NBA Player
- Rumor: Jalen Rose Spotted With New Girlfriend Angela Rye
- Spurs Josh Richardson is Dating Former America’s Next Top Model Runner-Up Tatiana Elizabeth