Thomas publicly challenged his old Eastern Conference rival Martin to a fight back in May for charity but the bout never came to fruition. But thanks to rapper 50 Cent, the rivalry may be renewed alongside a boxing match between rappers Chris Brown and Soulja Boy in Las Vegas.
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Here’s “Fiddy” (aka Curtis Jackson) with the news.
Chris Brown and Soulja Boy have both signed a contract for a three-round bout in March to be televised on pay-per-view and promoted by boxer Floyd Mayweather’s companies. The fight card also includes rappers 21 Savage and 22 Savage, who admitted to copying the Atlanta rapper’s name and brand.
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Martin and Thomas, who retired in 2015 and 2010, respectively, have a strange rivalry on and off the court dating back to the 2004 playoffs when Thomas called Martin “fugazy." That set off a war of words leading to an altercation at a Dallas-area nightclub, an incident the two argued about in separate podcasts in 2016.
