Delonte West is set to step into a heavyweight boxing ring against Michael Beasley at Adin Ross’ Brand Risk 16 event in Miami, Florida, on Friday, October 16. The fight is scheduled for the Brand Risk Warehouse in Miami, and fans can watch it free through Kick.
The matchup is drawing attention because West, 43, is not just a former NBA guard with eight seasons behind him. He once played alongside LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and his post-basketball life has been marked by homelessness and substance-use struggles. Mark Cuban helped him enter rehabilitation in 2020, and West later reported reaching 100 days of sobriety in March 2026, according to Us Weekly.
That recovery story makes the fight more than a novelty. A more recent social media claim said West had reached 10 months sober while continuing his recovery in Florida, though that report has not been verified. West has also been training for the bout with running, jump roping, pull-ups and dribbling a basketball on beach sand, a sign he is treating the night as work, not spectacle.
Beasley brings a different kind of résumé. He was the second overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, and he already has combat sports experience after losing to Lance Stephenson by first-round submission at Brand Risk 14. That background could matter inside a ring where the rhythm is nothing like basketball, and where a former scorer’s instincts do not always translate cleanly.
The card itself is being sold as a full night, with 11 matchups advertised. One bout in particular remains unsettled: Woah Vicky’s matchup with Celina Powell has been speculated to be removed, but recent published fight cards still list it. For now, the clearest confirmed attraction is West versus Beasley, a meeting that turns two ex-players into the headliners of a combat-sports event built for attention.
West’s line on the bout — “Ain't Nobody Scared” — fits the moment. On Friday, October 16, he will have to make that sound real in Miami.
