Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has lost patience with Elon Musk’s swinging course over the potential cage fight between the two tech billionaires. The final blow came when Musk suggested a practice session at Zuckerberg’s home in Palo Alto.
“I think we can all agree that Elon doesn’t mean it,” Zuckerberg wrote Sunday (local time) on the online service Threads. It’s time to focus on other things.
Zuckerberg emphasized that he had suggested a specific date for Musk. And the head of the UFC martial arts organization, Dana White, offered to organize an official match. “Elon doesn’t confirm the appointment, then says he needs surgery and is now proposing a training session in my garden instead,” he said. If Musk is ever serious about committing to a specific date and official event, “he knows how to reach me,” Zuckerberg added. Until then, he will compete with people “who take the sport seriously”.
Musk then claimed on his online platform X (formerly Twitter) that Zuckerberg was a “coward”. In a screenshot of a chat conversation between the two tech billionaires, Musk gave the impression that after the training offer, Musk also proposed to have the actual fight in Zuckerberg’s yard on Monday.
Zuckerberg visibly fitter
Zuckerberg, 39, trains with martial arts experts and is visibly fitter than Musk, 52. The prospect of combat first surfaced in June. It was Musk who challenged Zuckerberg, who immediately agreed. After that, the Facebook founder repeatedly stressed that he was already ready for a fight, but that Musk had not agreed to a proposed date.
Musk needs surgery for that
Tesla CEO Musk, meanwhile, wrote on Friday that he needed surgery for a problem with his right shoulder blade, which would take him several months to recover. At the same time, he claimed that the battle should take place against a historical background in Italy. He spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano and they promised an “epic place”. It won’t be Rome, Sangiuliano clarified shortly afterwards.
Source: Krone
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