Mark Zuckerberg is ‘ready’ to fight Elon Musk

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says that he is ready to fight Tesla founder Elon Musk, 52.

Zuckerberg agreed earlier this summer to go head-to-head against the Space X CEO in a cage match. After Musk recently revealed discussions are under way for the bout to take place in Rome, Italy, the 39-year-old tech mogul has insisted nothing is confirmed yet, though he is still up for the fight.

He wrote on Threads alongside a photo of himself sparring outside: "I love this sport and I've been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me. If he ever agrees on an actual date, you'll hear it from me. Until then, please assume anything he says has not been agreed on.

"Not holding my breath for Elon, but I'll share details on my next fight when I'm ready."

His comments came after billionaire Musk revealed he had been in contact with the Italian government about the fight.

He wrote on his platform X, which was formerly known as Twitter: "The fight will be managed by my and Zuck's foundations (not UFC).

"Livestream will be on this platform and Meta. Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all.

"I spoke to the PM of Italy and minister of culture. They have agreed on an epic location."