Benzino Claims Joe Budden ‘Backed Out’ Of Boxing Match Despite ‘Running His Mouth’

Benzino
has
accused

Joe
Budden
ducking
his
boxing
match
challenge.

Speaking
on
Instagram
Live,
the
former
publisher
of

The
Source
magazine
accused
Budden
of
“backing
out”
of
the
contest
despite
previously
talking
trash.

“Couple
days
ago,
I
said
I
wouldn’t
mind
fighting
Joe
Budden.
I’ll
break
his
jaw,”
Benzino
said.
“Joe
Budden
responded,
said
it
would
be
a
bad
thing
that
he
would
accept
the
fight.
We
got
in
touch
with
celebrity
boxing.
I
was
on
the
phone
with
Joe’s
manager
Ian
and
they
backed
out
the
fight.

“Joe
says
he
doesn’t
wanna
fight
me.
Joe
ran
his
mouth
and
he
backed
out
the
fight.
He
must
have
been
thinking
about
that
straw
that
he
was
going
to
be
sipping
out
of.
Didn’t
wanna
get
in
the
ring.
So
that’s
it
for
that.”

Benzino
issued
the
challenge
last
month
and

threatened
to
break
Joe
Budden’s
jaw
in
a
boxing
match.

“I
would
love
to
fight
Joe
Budden.
I’ll
fight
Joe
Budden
for
free.
I’ll
do
that
for
charity.
I’ll
break
Joe
Budden’s
jaw
for
charity,”
he
said
in
a
separate
Instagram
Live
stream.

He
also
claimed
he
would
“demolish”
longtime
rival
Eminem
in
the
ring.

The
former

Slaughterhouse
rapper
later

addressed
Benzino’s
challenge
on
his
self-titled
podcast
and
warned
him
it
was
a
“bad
idea.”

“I
want
to
take
a
brief
moment
to
let
Benzino
know
we
can
fight
anywhere,
any
time,
any
day,
anyhow,
around
anybody.
We
can
walk
right
around
the
corner,”
he
said.

“Now,
you
said
you’d
do
it
for
free.
I’m
up
so
I’m
not
travelling
to
do
this.
This
would
have
to
be
a
home
court
fight
for
me.
If
I
could
just
walk
and
do
it,
I’m
down.

“If
I
have
to
bus,
train
or
plane
it
to
the
fight
then
count
me
out.
But
if
you
just
happen
to
be
over
here
somewhere
by
me,
you
ain’t
gotta
hit
the
internet
with
nothing.
DM
me.

“Any
of
y’all
out
there
that
want
an
organized
free
fight
in
my
home,
DM
me.
I’ll
schedule
that
shit.”

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He
added:
“Somebody
that
knows
Benzino,
send
this
to
him,
please.
Horrible,
horrible,
horrible
idea.
But
I’m
down!
I’m
so
down
for
this.

“All
that
old
n-gga
in
the
gym,
60-year-old
muscle
shit
—
I’m
telling
you,
it’s
not
gonna
work
out
the
way
you
think.
Bad
idea.”

Budden
previously
made
disparaging
comments
about
Benzino
in
February
following
the

Love
&
Hip
Hop
alum’s
reignited
feud
with

Eminem.

“Maybe
punching
down
is
back,”
the
rapper-turned-podcaster
said
while
praising Em’s
“Doomsday
Pt.
2”
diss
song. “I’m
down
with
anybody
dissing
Benzino.
Y’all
see
him
coming
out
the
pool
on
some
bodybuilder
shit
with
the
water
glistening
off
his
body
trying
to
be
like
a
seal
or
some
shit?

“Old
n-ggas
shouldn’t
do
that.
He
do
too
much
shit
that
old
n-ggas
shouldn’t
do.
And
I
know
he
tried
to
bang
that
transgender.
I
don’t
care
what
that
n-gga
say.
I
know
he
did!”

Budden
also
joked:
“Now
me
and
Em
on
the
same
side
—
look
what
you
did,
Benzino,”
before
clarifying:
“I
ain’t
never
had
a
problem
with
Benzino,
but
Benzino
do
make
being
50
look
corny.”