Shaq vs. Gronk? Rob Gronkowski challenges Shaq to a fight

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Shaq vs. Gronk?

NFL player Rob Gronkowski that he wants to fight NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal as the athletes both turned out to watch the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight on November 15.

The announcer interviewed Shaq and Gronkowski together before Tyson and Paul entered the ring. Shaq started the conversation by saying he wanted to see Tyson “whoop some (expletive.)”

“I’m just happy that Netflix put together this beautiful pay-per-view event,” O’Neal said as Gronkowski stood next to him. “Me and Gronk will put it together NBA versus NFL, boxing, fighting,” O’Neal said. Video of the comments later circulated on X.

When asked if his plan would involve active or retired players, O’Neal said “either/or.”

“I was just thinking about it. Me and Gronk are good friends and he just challenged me to a fight,” O’Neal revealed.

“Gronk, can we be the first out?” he added. “I love you Gronk.”

“I love you too Shaq,” Gronkowski said. Gronkowski played 11 seasons in the National Football League as a celebrated tight end, according to Pro Football Reference.

“Gronk and Shaq just won and saved this @netflix special ,” a fan wrote on X. “shaq vs gronk…I’d buy that,” wrote another person.

Fans seemed favorable to the idea of ​​Shaq fighting Gronk

GettyShaquille O’Neal.

Fans responded positively to the idea of ​​a match between the two athletes.

“‘Those two need to fight.’ – My mom knows nothing about fighting and watches Gronk and Shaq. wrote a person.

“Shaq vs Gronk in a boxing match … Who would you bet on to win? ” another person wrote on X. “Shaq easy,” a user replied.

“Shaq v Gronk” was all that another person wrote.

Some fans noted the size difference between O’Neal and Gronkowski. “It’s actually crazy how little Gronk looks next to Shaq,” wrote a fan on X.

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were scheduled to be broadcast live on Netflix, but the streaming service had technical issues throughout the night

GettyMike Tyson and Jake Paul are separated as they face each other during their ceremonial weigh-in at The Pavilion at the Toyota Music Factory on November 14, 2024.

Tyson and Paul were scheduled to meet for the first time in the much-hyped boxing match, which was to be streamed live on Netflix.

However, the Netflix match between Tyson and Paul was marred by repeated streaming issues by Netflix. Down Detector reported a series of outages with the streaming service that started around 7pm and continued for hours. There were more than 45,000 reports as of 22:00 reported to Down Detector, although they started to wane at that time.

On X, many users unloaded on the streaming platform, indicating that they could not play the video or that it was buffering.

Netflix hyped the bout for months and shared a video showing Tyson beating Paul at the weigh-in, boosting interest in the bout. Paul said at a press conference that he might get as much as $40 million for the fight, and It was reported by USA Today that Tyson may have been paid around $20 million for the fight.

Jessica McBride is a news, sports and entertainment reporter covering news, politics, sports, entertainment and crime for Heavy. She is a former reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Waukesha Freeman newspapers in Wisconsin and is a senior journalism instructor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. More about Jessica McBride