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Shaquille O'Neal just agreed to a boxing match with a famous bodyguard ... and his son tells TMZ Sports even though the legend might be a bit old for this kinda thing, he'll support him nonetheless!!

We spoke with Myles at LAX this week ... fresh off Shaq's response to Will Smith's former security guy Charlie Mack, who challenged him to a celebrity boxing match.

Myles, a DJ, was caught off guard by Shaq's acceptance ... especially since his dad is 53 years old. So, we asked if he was concerned ... and his answer was exactly what you'd expect.

Dana White's Contender Series has become such a big deal, "Suga" Sean O'Malley says after the UFC, it's the biggest force in all of Mixed Martial Arts.

"The Contender Series is the second biggest promotion in the world. UFC and then Contender Series. There's nothing really that's competing with it," the show alum told Babcock this week.

Not PFL, nor ONE FC.

Athena is looking to make a statement against Toni Storm at AEW Forbidden Door on Sunday ... and she caught up with TMZ Sports to explain why she's walking out with gold around her waist for the first time with the promotion!!

Athena -- FKA as Ember Moon in WWE -- chopped it up with "TMZ Sports" TV show cohost Mojo Muhtadi ahead of her showdown in London ... and she held nothing back when opening up on the current champ.

"Toni is nothing but a hack who tries to just put on this facade of being this 1920s character," she said. "This hasn't happened in a while, that we've seen someone that has this much charisma that has grifted her way to the top."

Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan are considering taking legal action against one Diddy accuser after they were named in a suit ... which has since been thrown out.

We caught up with the powerhouse couple in New York City this week, where both Gloria and Emilio separately suggested to TMZ that they were thinking about suing after a man name dropped them -- and their Miami home -- in human trafficking claims against the Bad Boy Records founder.

Lil Nas X isn't looking to put on a show for his cellmates in jail ... choosing instead to keep a low profile and be on his best behavior behind bars, TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... police haven't had any issues with Lil Nas since he arrived at the jail in Van Nuys this week. We're told the "Old Town Road" rapper hasn't tried to put on any shows or sung for those also at the jail ... though, it's not like he'd have much on an audience.

You might want to hold onto your undies for this one -- Lil Nas X was spotted completely naked before his arrest this week ... and we've got video of the stunning moment.

Check out our clip -- he's strolling down the street while singing after ditching his underwear and boots somewhere in Los Angeles. He seems completely unfazed by his lack of cover ... even making eye contact with the camera as he puts on a show.

And if you didn't notice ... he's belting some Nicki Minaj lyrics, specifically her line in "Monster" by Kanye West.

The California Parole Board was more of a kangaroo court and the entire hearing was rigged against Erik and Lyle Menendez ... so claims their lawyer, Mark Geragos.

Geragos was hot under the collar on the "2 Angry Men" podcast, recorded late Friday ... saying the Board had it out for Erik and Lyle from the jump. Geragos groused the Board ignored the good deeds of Erik and Lyle and focused on ridiculous infractions that meant nothing, in order to justify its decision.

For example ... Geragos scoffed at the Board making a huge deal that both Erik and Lyle had contraband cell phones. The Board said it showed the brothers were still a threat, but Geragos says the way prisoners get these phones is by prison guards selling them to the inmates.

Bryan Kohberger wasn't a charmer to most women he came into contact with ... but one woman was so captivated by the killer she put him on a Christmas card list days after he slaughtered 4 University of Idaho students, TMZ has learned.

According to new police docs, obtained by TMZ ... Kohberger walked inside a car shop in Pullman, Washington, on November 18, 2022 -- five days after he fatally stabbed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle as they slept inside their house in the town of Moscow nearby.

At the shop, Kohberger wanted to change the title and registration on his Hyundai Elantra from his home state of Pennsylvania to Washington, where he attended Washington State University as a PhD student, cops said.

Breathe easy, Cowboys fans ... at least one former NFL general manager is convinced Micah Parsons' bitter contract feud with Dallas won't end in a split.

Doug Whaley -- who served as the Buffalo Bills' GM from 2013 to 2017 -- told TMZ Sports on Friday that even though things don't look good in Big D right now, he can't see a situation where Jerry Jones trades the star pass rusher.

Whaley pointed to the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers' situations with Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt -- and explained those, too, at times seemed dire ... but got resolved with massive deals.

If the world doesn't get its act together on A.I. -- and, all at the same time -- we're all gonna be screwed ... that's the no-BS warning tech ethicist Tristan Harris is dropping on us.

Harris was on "TMZ Live" Friday telling us the U.S. and China's A.I. arms race has countries around the world pumping out tech at breakneck speed, but he says that's a bad flex.

Instead, he says the real race should be over who can actually regulate A.I. -- but doing that is going to require the whole world teaming up.

Lil Nas X's infamous cowboy boots from his nearly naked night in L.A. are now being sold on the world's biggest consignment shop -- eBay!!!

TMZ Hip Hop can confirm that the concerned citizen who captured Lil Nas X's bizarre catwalk the other night is putting the boots up for a starting bid of $10,000!!!

The seller tells us that after he stopped recording, Lil Nas X actually started rolling on the pavement, but he had driven too far away to capture the fiasco clearly enough.

Loni Anderson’s cause of death has been revealed ... and she died from an aggressive form of cancer, TMZ has learned.

According to Anderson's death certificate, obtained by TMZ, the veteran actress passed away from metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma ... a rare cancer that often starts in the uterus and can spread to other parts of the body. It is an extremely rare form of cancer.

Loni died Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital following what her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, described as a "prolonged" illness.

Waka Flocka Flame's still pissed about an icy encounter at a Long Island beach club, where he got kicked out for mouthing off to security guards ... a classic case of racism, he says!!!

TMZ Hip Hop linked up with Waka in NYC, where he brushed off his July 19 cameo at The Surf Lodge, a hotel, restaurant and music venue all rolled into one in Montauk, N.Y.

So, legend has it, Waka reportedly rolled up to the club with an entourage that was 14 deep, and they tried to slip in the side door, sparking an argument with security.

Donald Trump wants his administration to shake up the country's Section 8 benefits to just 2 years of eligibility, yet Ghostface Killah thinks the proposed policy will just make things worse ... the Wu-Tang Clan legend knows it's not easy making project housing ends meet!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Ghost in NYC, rolling with Nems and the crew in the wake of his new album, "Supreme Clientele 2" ... a 25-year update to his original classic release.

Ghost kicks off the album waxing politics via the track "Iron Man" ... "Fake Democrats, boondaggers blowin' at Trump" and straight up tells us the American people got what they voted for. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Suge Knight knows A LOT about what went on behind prison walls with Erik Menendez -- the things that got the Parole Board to turn thumbs down -- and he thinks the decision is BS.

The Death Row Records founder -- who is locked up in San Diego's RJ Donovan Correctional Facility alongside the Menendez bros -- told "TMZ Live" Friday the game’s rigged ... inmates are set up to fail, so it’s no shock they shredded Erik over his past infractions.

While Erik got dragged for sneaking a phone, making calls, hustling drugs, and even dabbling in tax fraud ... Suge told us what really stings is how none of Erik’s positive rehabilitative efforts got a proper shout-out.

The wild Carnival Cruise all-out brawl -- supposedly over chicken tenders -- had a happy ending of sorts ... TMZ has learned that nobody involved was arrested!

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies were called to the crazy scene Monday after the ship pulled into port on the cruise’s final day.

The deputies conducted an investigation, interviewing Carnival staff ... but, in the end, they determined arrests were not warranted because no one filed a complaint.

In addition, the investigation revealed the ship's security stepped in, broke up the fight and made sure things didn’t get any crazier.