Overview

• Charles “Charlie Mack” Alston issued the challenge in a Celebrity Boxing Instagram video, citing a decades-old Dallas autograph-line incident where he says he chopped O’Neal in the neck.
• Shaquille O’Neal replied on Instagram that he would fight, telling Alston to name the time and place and framing the bout as payback for the prior altercation.
• Alston and Official Celebrity Boxing amplified the exchange with posts and a mock fight poster, helping the clips spread widely across social media.
• No formal event details have been released by Official Celebrity Boxing, with timing, location, rules and oversight still unconfirmed.
• Coverage frames the matchup as a super-heavyweight attraction, with O’Neal’s past exhibition bouts against Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley noted as background.