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Rapper 50 Cent slams 'punk' Australian boxer over money dispute

American rapper and boxing promoter 50 Cent has taken aim at "punk" Australian Billy Dib amid accusations he owes the former IBF world champion money.

The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was responding to Dib, who claims Jackson left him $1 million out of pocket after signing a multi-fight contract with 50 Cent's since-bankrupt boxing promotion company in 2012.

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Dib — preparing to make his comeback to the ring against Sukkasem Kietyongyuth on Feb. 26 after his wife died last September — told the Sydney Morning Herald this week that joining up with 50 Cent "was possibly the worst career move that I've made in my life.