Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says his rival entrepreneur, Elon Musk was making excuses even when he had offered Mr Musk “a real date” for a cage fight.
Mr Zuckerberg made this known in a post on his social media site Threads
Mr Musk had earlier on Sunday suggested on his own messaging site X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was willing to fight as early as Monday.
The billionaires agreed to the bout in June, which sparked huge media attention, but the rivals are yet to secure a date, raising doubts the fight will ever hold.
The war of words was complicated by the launch of Threads in July, with the rival messaging app to X attracting more than 100 million sign-ups in less than a week.
That number has fallen back, and X remains comfortably ahead with around 350 million users – but Mr Musk has threatened to sue Facebook for “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets”. Though Meta denies the claims.
Mr Zuckerberg had said last week that he proposed 26 August for the cage fight, and in a twist on Friday, Italy’s culture minister said that he had spoken to Mr Musk about hosting the showdown in the country as a charity event.
Mr Musk suggested it would have “an ancient Rome theme”.
On Sunday, however, the Meta boss posted on Threads: “Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead.
“If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.”
Source: BBC News
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