The announcement caused a major stir when O’Neal responded to a public challenge from Charles Charlie Mack Alston, actor and Will Smith’s former bodyguard and also a big name in the Philadelphia hip-hop scene with both men reportedly holding a long-standing grudge.

In an Instagram video challenging O’Neal to fight, Alston this week explained the two men have a beef dating back to an encounter years ago. “We were in Dallas doing an autograph signing,