Last week – in the ever-growing sector of the news cycle called “Did I dream it?” – Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, suggested to the Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg that they settle their, essentially trifling, differences in a cage fight. Zuckerberg, rather than saying, “Elon, that’s insane, you’re 51 years old and the richest person in human history, and I’m not far behind”, ostensibly replied: “Sure. Where and when?”
For those of us old enough to remember, the circus rivalled the one that accompanied the 2002, celebrity-adjacent, boxing-adjacent contest between Ricky Gervais and Grant Bovey. Dana White, the bombastic president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, revealing a surprising ignorance of the historic beef between the animal-loving comedian and Anthea Turner’s wrong ’un ex-husband, predicted the Musk-Zuckerberg clash would break all records. “This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world,” he cooed.
