Simon Aouad

    Rodney King and former cop, Simon Aouad, face off. Rodney King faced Simon The Renegade Aouad last night at a Philadelphia Airport Ramada Inn. Spectators paid … Details of the fight have not yet been released, but it is reported this morning that King won the fight. Forty-three-year-old Rodney King was famously beaten by police officers, which was caught on videotape. When the cops involved were acquitted by an all Caucasian jury, the ruling sparked the infamous 1992 L.A. riots...Read Full Story

Rodney King, the man known throughout the world for pleading with a nation, “Can’t we all get along?” is ready to lace up his boxing gloves and take on the challenge of fighting a former member of the Pennsylvania Police Department. King was the victim of police brutality, committed by Los Angeles police officers, and the L.A. Riots which followed brought him national attention. Last seen on VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and “Sober Living”, Rodney has been busy dedicating his life...Read Full Story

CORRECTION: King will actually face Simon Aouad, a former Pennsylvania police officer, not Canseco. Perhaps King is eager to fight back. "I know some people will see the irony here," said Rodney King about boxing a police officer. "But I would have fought anyone who was worthy. I take this very seriously. Never felt better—physically and in the mind.” Canseco is in talks to fight on the celebrity boxing circuit, but not against King.  As it turns out, we can't just all get along. Rodney King...Read Full Story

This story seems engineered to make people say “WTF? … ohhhhhhhhh”. Rodney King, who you may remember from the beating he took at the hands of the Los Angeles Police force in 1991 which sparked the 1992 riots when the officers were acquitted has announced that he’ll be boxing former police officer Simon Aouad on the celebrity boxing circuit. This, obviously, is not as exciting a match-up as it would have been if King were to fight any one of his former tormentors in the ring, but we can’t...Read Full Story

This is one of the more interesting interviews I have seen in awhile: a Fox affiliate interviewing Rodney King, of Los Angeles riots fame, and former police officer Simon Aouad on the celebrity boxing match they are holding tomorrow. In a rather lame opening, King is introduced, in echoing fight-announcer style, as "no stranger to a nightstick. His opponent, Simon Aouad, is wearing a chain with a big lock around his neck, but it's unclear if there is some larger meaning behind that. I wonder...Read Full Story