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Ron Artest is a Genius

Found October 07, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ron Artest
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers

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You gotta love the latest stunt pulled by Ron Artest. He hired 23-year-old Turkish model Natalin Avci and his own camera crew to join him for an interview with Sports Illustrated.If you thought Ron-Ron has gained some amount of sanity of the past few years, think again: "I signed for five years but I want to box, I want to fight a heavyweight fight in four years," Artest said on more than one occasion. "I started training already and I'm doing good and I think in four years I'll be ready to fight my first professional fight. I want to get four professional fights under my belt and see how I do and take it from there. That's been my goal for a long time. Whether I get knocked out or knock somebody out, I just want to fight."Why wait? After the Lakers fail to repeat, I think Artest should jump right into boxing. Follow your dreams, man.More pictures of Natalin Avci after the jump.
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