Apparently Jose Canseco doesn't even have to show up to cash in on his waning celebrity anymore. Cast aside from the celebrity D List, banished from the sports talk rounds, book deals evaporated, the steroid-tainted slugger has turned to the celebrity boxing circuit to earn a paycheque on Saturday night in Florida. Unfortunately for fans at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and promoter Damon Feldman, it wasn't Jose who graced the ring, but rather twin brother Ozzie.
Now this isn't the first time the twin brothers have pulled a fast one on the public. Ozzie has allegedly been perfecting his role as Jose for years at sports card shows and book signings. He then went legit by appearing as a Jose impersonator in Season 5 of The Surreal Life, meanwhile Jose earned his 50K for the series by donning nothing else but a leopard print bikini and some lipstick in an episode. Good Stuff!
"A bait-and-switch," Feldman told the newspaper. "I'm disgusted".
Unable to pick out the fraud himself, Feldman endured further embarrassment when he was forced to cancel the fight after ringside fans called out the impostor and his differing bicep tattoos. Having already paid half of the $10,000 fight fee in advance, Feldman had Ozzie escorted out of the nightclub by police and wants his money back.
"The guy I thought was Jose kept asking me to pay him in cash before (the fight)," Feldman told the Miami Herald. "I told him I had to pay him by check for business reasons. He said he needed cash. We went back and forth."
Jose Canseco hit back via his Twitter account:
"Be very careful with Damon Feldman who runs celebrity boxing he will not pay you he will not pay you if you fight for him."
Canseco later continued his rant in a tone very reminiscent of one Charlie Sheen:
"the truth is always hidden to the public to create villains and heroes which 1 are you truly...seek the truth before reacting...just remember the media is write 20 percent of 50 percent of the time time...how can you haters being so ignorant its amazing...I am still waiting for an intelligent scenario...by the way e s p n is owned by major league baseball of course they are going to lie."
DING DING! This may be shaping up to be a better fight than the one on Saturday night. Oh wait, it already is.
This goofy media whore tried to taint MMA with his presence as well. They should make him fight Herschel Walker at a Strikeforce event titled, 'Strikeforce Oakland: Roids vs Radishes'
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