The negative publicity and bad press finally wore down promoter Damon Feldman.
After being hit with a wave of very upset of people, he has decided to cancel the fight.
The George Zimmerman fight is canceled I'm sorry for anyone I hurt with this but this was a very big opportunity thank you
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
I want to thank everyone for the good n bad comments I've made the choice to cancel the fight w George Zimmermann more to life then money
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
It was my decision to cancel the george zimmerman fight it was worth a lot of money to me but people's feelings meant more to me
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
I walked away from av million dollar payday with this fight but to be honest I'd rather be happy and make people happy thank you
— Damon Feldman (@hollywoodbox11) February 8, 2014
I highly doubted the fight would ever happen, simply because it seemed disorganized from the start. It was one of those ideas that probably sounded good in Feldman’s head, but in reality wasn’t the best of ideas. I don’t think he was ready for the death threats and the attention that was being heaped on him, so he bowed out. Â The other thought is he never planned a fight, did it for free publicly and now gets to look like the hero by canceling. Â If that is what happened he is a brilliant business man because it is working.
Also, DMX didn’t really look like he was in any condition to fight, just look at his Tee.