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Following viral social media speculation, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk have shared updates on the likelihood of the tech execs meeting in the boxing ring. Yahoo Finance's Akiko Fujita and Seana Smith take a look at Zuckerberg's Threads posts and Musk's tweets on the conditions that would have them inclined to organize such an event, before listening to who people would expect to win in a fight for the digital age.
This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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AKIKO FUJITA: Well, Elon Musk versus Mark Zuckerberg.
Yes, we are talking about the summer rivalry that has reached its next level.
Musk tweeting this morning that he spoke to the prime minister of Italy and the minister of culture to hold the brawl between these executives in Italy.
Musk says the event would be live streamed on Meta and X, of course.
Mark Zuckerberg responded with a post on Threads saying he's ready to go whenever Elon is ready.
Seana, am I the only one that thinks this is just an unnecessary sideshow.
I mean, we're talking about it right?
We're talking about it.
SEANA SMITH: And we've been talking about it now for what, two months?
When did he first announce it?
Back in June I think it was?
Maybe earlier this summer, it's fair to say.
They're just trying to drum up some excitement.
I think Musk is doing all he can to get now Twitter then Twitter now X at the forefront in conversations using this as a publicity stunt.
I'm with you.
I think there's about a 1% chance that this happens in general, probably less than that.
The fact that it could potentially happen in Italy.
But, I guess, he's doing what he wants to do, right?
We're talking about it.
We've talked about it numerous times.
And there are a lot of people talking about it on social media, on X, speculating, I guess, who's going to win this fight if, in fact, we do see it.
I've got Zuckerberg if it comes down to that.
AKIKO FUJITA: I am with you.
I'm with you.
He trains regularly, I think, right?
SEANA SMITH: Yeah.
AKIKO FUJITA: I don't know.
I follow him on Instagram.
He's posted photos of him training.
I would put my money on Mark Zuckerberg.
But at the end of the day, I think these two have enough to worry about with their businesses.
Now, we did go out to the streets of New York City to ask people who they would pick in the fight.
Here's what they had to say.
[MUSIC PLAYING] - I think they would both fold in 5 seconds.
- I don't feel like Mark would bring some moves, but in the end, Elon would beat him.
- It may be wise to have some sort of contingency plan.
- I say Elon.