Now it’s Lamar Odom’s turn.
The 41-year-old former NBA player has signed a deal with Celebrity Boxing and will making his debut as a professional fighter on June 12 at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., TMZ is reporting.
Odom doesn’t have an opponent yet. Celebrity Boxing CEO Damon Feldman told TMZ he expects the newcomer to fight a celebrity.
The fate of the last NBA player to try boxing apparently didn’t scare off Odom. Nate Robinson was brutally knocked out by YouTube personality Jake Paul on Nov. 28, which made him the target of jokes on social media.
Odom played in the NBA from 1999 to 2014 and then made a comeback in 2018 before retiring. The 6-foot-10 forward helped the Lakers win back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010
He also gained notoriety outside basketball. He was married to Khloe Kardashian, with whom he had a reality series titled “Khloe & Lamar.” In 2015 he collapsed at a Nevada brothel and was hospitalized, after which he underwent treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.
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