Shaquille O’Neal, who played for LSU, got into a fight with a much shorter football player over a girl and ended up in detention.
Shaquille O’Neal is a giant among men. At an incredible 7’1″, the Big Diesel never shies away from a fight. Even in his days in the NBA, he was extremely aggressive.
But growing up, O’Neal was even more cruel and often got into fights with his peers. A self-identified thug, his personality even got him in trouble with the police while he was in college.
To no one’s surprise, the fight started over a girl.
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Shaquille O’Neal fought a college football player
At LSU, Shaq was a star. He was as famous as a child could be. Somewhere along the way to the NBA, O’Neal’s on-court conquests made him a campus legend.
So for him, other athletes were not so important. In his book Shaq Uncut, Shaq detailed the incident. He revealed that the fight started when O’Neal confronted the football team by claiming that LSU was a basketball school.
Shaq and his team won a lot those days, but the football team was on a losing streak. So, Shaquille O’Neal’s taunt didn’t sit well with them. By the way, Shaq met a girl named Tiffany Broussard who was dating a football player.
The Lakers legend was also trying to date her. So, to woo her, she insulted the football team.
Shaq wrote: “To hell with the football boys. Check your registration. Look what we’ve done. Basketball is king on this campus.” He continued, “The football player Tiffany liked was Anthony Marshall. He was about six foot three or four, a pretty big guy, unless he was standing next to me. So Anthony wanted to talk to me about what I said to Tiffany.
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The two lived in the same building. While in Anthony’s room, O’Neal argued with the player about his girlfriend. There were a few more soccer players in the room with them.
The discussion quickly turned into a full-fledged fight. O’Neal punched Anthony in the mouth but was chased by the football team.
Shaquille O’Neal hanged the footballer
They caught up with Shaq in his room and began attacking him. But Diesel decided to challenge Anthony to a fair and honest fight.
O’Neal wrote: I took a couple of shots (and so did he) before I put him in a headlock.
By this time, the campus police were there and the football coach had flown in, yelling, “Stop beating up my players!” He is in my face yelling at me: “This is all your fault!” Next thing you know, Coach Brown is on the scene and he grabbed me and pulled me out of there. There are TV cameras rolling and soccer players are being arrested and it’s a big mess. Because of my role in everything, I was “arrested” by the police. Anthony and I had to shake hands.
O’Neal’s tendency to fight and pursue women has followed him his entire life. He is famous for fighting with many other athletes, getting into a fist fight (once with Kobe Bryant) and harassing people to acknowledge his superiority.
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