Billionaires may soon be fighting for kicks and for charity, sort of.
Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter) and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms (META) -) (formerly Facebook) have everything in the world available to them, so there is no reason to fight. Except that Musk claims a potential cage fight between Zuckerberg and himself would be "a civilized form of war. Men love war."
The egos between the two seem to match, while their considerable wealth shows Musk way ahead by over a hundred billion, but who's counting? Musk is worth about $232 billion, while Zuckerberg is worth $113 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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The feud between the two really heated up as news broke that Zuckerberg was working on a platform to compete with X, now known as Threads.
The public chimed in quickly and warned Musk to watch himself because Zuckerberg does Jiu-Jitsu. Musk touted that he isn't threatened and was ready for a cage fight. Zuckerberg appeared to agree to it by asking for the location.
It's hard to tell who really has an advantage in a cage fight. Musk is over 6'1" and Zuckerberg is only 5'7" but he's also a decade younger. So Zuck is the current odds on favorite in a mixed martial arts battle.
Just to make sure everyone is watching, Musk got on X August 6 to say that the fight will be live-streamed on X. He also stated that all the proceeds will go to charity for veterans.
Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023
All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.
Former boxing champion, Oscar De La Hoya has already weighed in, "I like Zuckerberg because his Jiu-Jitsu is crazy, he looks like he has better coordination. But you can't count out the richer man."
