From time to time, celebrities not involved in boxing have made comments that they will like to settle some grudge with another celebrity inside the squared circle. According to a report Saturday on PerezHilton.com, once again, that is the case.
Members of the British boy-band The Wanted are apparently ready to escalate their Twitter feud with archrivals One Dimension to an actually physical confrontation. Of course, they say it would be all in the name of “charity.”
Band members Max George and Jay McGuiness believe that there is a lot of money to be made from a proposed five-on-five boxing exhibition between the two bands. And if someone happens to get a little beat up in the pocess, well then so be it.
“We would like a boxing match — them against us,” George told the Daily News. “It would be brilliant for TV and I have no problem with it at all.”
Until now, the tensions have mostly played out over Twitter, with One Dimension frequently bragging of their bigger hits and worldwide sales.
While that may be true, The Wanted have done quite well for themselves too. Their 2012 hit “Glad You Came,” was the highest charting single of all time by a U.K boy band. Additionally, they have a show called “The Wanted Life” set to debut on E!
George, 26, says that he is fed up with the social media feud, where thousands of fans of either group also join in the argument.
“They’ve got 12 million followers on Twitter and I get that they have an army of kids,” George says. “But instead of doing that if they have got an issue, why don’t we actually do something financially — like make some money for a charity, and blow off some steam in a boxing ring.
“I don’t think there is a better idea other than that I don’t want anyone to get savagely hurt.”
McGuiness added that he doesn’t think a reconciliation is in the cards. “We haven’t spoken. I think no matter how much you try to avoid it, people are always gearing up for, you know, what do you think of them, what do they think of you?
“It’s going to be really hard to ever have a real friendship and we don’t see them enough for that — we’re not going to lose any sleep over it.”
While both groups are labeled as boy-bands, that is where the similarities end. One Dimension has a squeaky clean image that appeals to younger teens and their mothers. The Wanted are much more into partying and womanizing, something that is appreciated more by those in their twenties.
Whether One Dimension accepts their challenge remains to be seen. however, if they did, you can be fairly certain the fights would be among the worst ever held. In fact, perhaps a fund raiser can be held to keep the two groups from NOT fighting and therefore saving us the agony of witnessing it.
I think when you hear groups making stupid challenges like this, they believe somehow they will climb into the ring and instantly be transformed into Floyd Mayweather or Muhammad Ali. Instead, if you have ever watched Celebrity Boxing before, you realize it instead turns into guys throwing windmill punches very similar to 8 year old girls. Let’s hope the groups save themselves the embarrassment.
