According to the source, Delonte West, a former guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, is about 10 months sober and set to make his boxing debut. The source notes that West will face fellow former NBA player Michael Beasley at Brand Risk 16, an event promoted by Adin Ross in Miami. At a pre‑fight press conference, West was asked about his training and responded: “I’ve been training for the last 10 years. Living on the street, homeless as an addict. I’ll fight you over 20 cents. I’ve been beating old men up in the park for 10 years.” The source contrasts this with Beasley’s comment that he felt “confident” after getting in shape for the fight.
The source provides background on West’s basketball career, stating he averaged 12.2 points for the Boston Celtics in the 2006‑07 season and 11.7 points for the Cavaliers in 2008‑09. During the NBA lockout in August 2011, West applied for a job at Home Depot, and he signed with the Dallas Mavericks that December. In October 2012, the Mavericks suspended him twice in two weeks, first for conduct detrimental to the team after a locker‑room incident, and later waived him, marking his last regular NBA appearance aside from occasional Summer League play.
The source notes that in 2016 fans spotted West in Texas wearing only a hospital gown and being barefoot. It adds that West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2008, a diagnosis he later disputed. Reports of his homelessness spread online in the following years, and the Celtics gave him a scouting role, though his attendance was reportedly inconsistent.
In September 2020, then‑Mavericks owner Mark Cuban reportedly picked West up at a Dallas gas station, reunited him with his mother, and offered to pay for a stay at a rehabilitation facility in Florida. The source says the treatment may not have had the desired effect at the time. West was arrested multiple times in Fairfax County, Virginia; in 2022 he was arrested for trying to enter a vehicle that was not his, and in June 2024 officers found him unresponsive and revived him with Narcan.
According to the source, West reported being 100 days sober in March 2026, and in a recent conversation he said that number had increased to 10 months. The fight with Beasley is scheduled for Friday, October 16, 2026. At age 43, the source suggests this could be the start of a boxing career for West.
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Key facts
- Delonte West is about 10 months sober.
- He will fight Michael Beasley at Brand Risk 16 in Miami on October 16, 2026.
- West says he has been training for the last 10 years while living on the streets.
- His NBA career included stints with the Celtics, Cavaliers, and Mavericks.
- He has faced homelessness, bipolar disorder diagnosis, multiple arrests, and a 2024 Narcan revival.