Professional athletes with social media accounts are no strangers to hecklers, who take any opportunity to deliver jabs, often without receiving a response. On Thursday, Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall engaged with a Twitter user who had a less than pleasant remark about Marshall’s mother.
@AnthonyGKalla: @BMarshall idk if you saw this on ig but here's a reminder pic.twitter.com/GYT7hj3mWe
I give you 5k to get in a ring with me.
— Machine Marshall (@BMarshall) November 13, 2014
And so it began.
Marshall, then, increased the stakes to $10,000 if he lost with Kalla performing 100 hours of community service at an orphanage if Marshall is victorious. Kalla responded with $25,000, to which Marshall agreed.
"@AnthonyGKalla: @BMarshall that's it? Cmon brandy make it 25 and we can do it in Detroit"
25 it is. Ha! You thought i wouldn't say yes.
— Machine Marshall (@BMarshall) November 13, 2014
After a little back and forth, Kalla eventually accepted the challenge and promptly directed us to his agent for further details. Like his client, Kallas’ agent continued firing at Marshall and also revealed Kallas is no stranger to stepping in the ring.
@AnthonyGKalla has a background in boxing …… This won't be easy for that woman beater !!! Training starts NOW
— Chris Khemmoro (@ChrisKhemmoro) November 14, 2014
@AnthonyGKalla is doing this for ALL the assaulted women out there !!!! @BMarshall assaults defenseless women!!!! Google it
— Chris Khemmoro (@ChrisKhemmoro) November 14, 2014
Well, this escalated rather quickly.
The chances of this “fight” happening are slim-to-none so it’s not worth checking for during the offseason. However, it did provide us with some entertainment from two guys who didn’t back down when presented with challenges, which is rarely a bad thing.
