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"&lt;img alt=\"0617_rodney_king_getty_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/17/0617-rodney-king-getty-tmz-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rodney King&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;sounded upbeat and excited about an upcoming celebrity boxing match, this according to a friend who spoke to him just hours before his death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Damon Feldman&lt;/strong&gt; -- who worked with King on the boxing circuit and has known him for several years -- tells TMZ he spoke to King at 4:00 PM and they discussed his future in boxing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feldman says Rodney was excited about his next boxing match -- a fight with &lt;strong&gt;Jose Canseco&lt;/strong&gt; -- that was to take place in August. A press conference had been scheduled for June 29 to announce the battle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feldman tells TMZ that Rodney was thrilled to be working again and looking forward to getting back in the ring.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/17/rodney-king-dead/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;died early this morning&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;at his home in Rialto, CA. He was 47.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2012/06/17/remembering-rodney-king/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0617_rodney_king_getty_remembering_AP\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/17/0617-rodney-king-getty-remembering-ap-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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