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Shaq vs. Gronk?

NFL player Rob Gronkowski said he wants to fight NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, as the athletes both came to watch Mike Tyson’s fight against Jake Paul 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 watch Tyson “what (expletive.)”

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

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

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

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

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

“Gronk and Shaq just won and saved this @Netflix special 😂😂😂😂,” one fan wrote on X. “Shaq vs Gronk…I would buy that,” another person wrote.

Fans seemed positive towards the idea of ​​Shaq fighting Gronk

GettyShaquille O’Neal.

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

“Those two have to fight.” – My mom didn’t know anything about fighting watching Gronk and Shaq,” one person wrote.

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

“Shaq v Gronk” was the only thing anyone else wrote.

Some fans noticed the size difference between O’Neal and Gronkowski. “It’s actually insane how small Gronk looks next to Shaq,” one fan wrote on X.

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were scheduled to box 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 Toyota Music Factory on November 14, 2024.

Tyson and Paul would meet for the first time during the much-hyped boxing match that would be broadcast live on Netflix.

However, the Netflix fight between Tyson and Paul was marred by repeated streaming issues at Netflix. Down Detector reported a series of outages on the streaming service that started around 7 p.m. and lasted for hours. More than 45,000 reports had been reported to Down Detector as of 10pm, although numbers began to decline from then on.

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Netflix has hyped the boxing match for months and shared a video of Tyson punching Paul at the weigh-in, increasing interest in the match. Paul indicated at a press conference that he might get paid as much as $40 million for the fight, and USA Today reported that Tyson might get a payday of around $20 million for the fight.

Jessica McBride is a news, sports and entertainment reporter covering breaking news, political 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