Rodney King will be lacing up his boxing gloves in Springfield next week. On Tuesday, the Celebrity Boxing Federation announced his match set for Nov. 6 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown.

King is known for the beating he suffered by a Los Angeles police officer in 1991, which helped spark the L.A. riots a year later. King, now 44 years old, will face Derrick McIntosh, a Cambridge native who had recurring roles on television's One Tree Hill and Entourage. King said he wants to show how organized fighting in the ring can keep kids from deadly fighting in the streets.

"You can have a nice fight in the ring and just walk away with a handshake, or you can just walk away and still feel better that man is still standing." King said.

The evening's main bout features former baseball star Jose Canseco versus Pittsfield-native Todd Poulton.