Why does everybody hate Don King ?

[Big Dick Whittington]

Think the guy gets a bad press he's no angel for sure but just the meanest Pirahna in the tank .
HBO and Showtime like to cream off the top of the sport yet never get accused of shitting on fighters .
How many fighters get the shit end of the stick because they are not good tv? How many dodgy decisions on HBO fight cards ? Nobody ever blames HBO but soon as Don King's involved everybody's up in arms .

What's the difference ?

[Plopeater]

King did time for manslaughter the scumbag

[Drago]

dunno why everyones hates him always seems to of been the same

[Gandalf]

He has had a checkered history. For me he seems to get more agreeable with age. But I could never really like a promoter.

[JazMerkin]

Well apart from the two men he has killed (see Don King (boxing promoter) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

there is how he treated Tyson (who is hardly an angel yes, but King abused him still)

how he treated Gerald McLellan

his corruption with those at the WBC

his jury-tampering & involvement with senior US Mafia figures (guess who gets some of our money from the PPVs)

his chumminess with George W. Bush

there's probably more I can't think of right now.

I don't hate him anywhere near as much as Bob Arum though

[Drago]

how come u hate arum?

[Kev]

Well apart from the two men he has killed (see Don King (boxing promoter) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

there is how he treated Tyson (who is hardly an angel yes, but King abused him still)

how he treated Gerald McLellan

his corruption with those at the WBC

his jury-tampering & involvement with senior US Mafia figures (guess who gets some of our money from the PPVs)

his chumminess with George W. Bush

there's probably more I can't think of right now.

I don't hate him anywhere near as much as Bob Arum though

ahahaha that has to be the funniest start to a refutation ever

[holmcall]

King did time for manslaughter the scumbag

Actually, he killed two.

[brocktonblockbust]

uhh, let's see....could it be because he killed someone? No, then it must be because he has exploited and ripped off many fighters, to mention just one more thing.

[Mar]

....everyone always hates those doing better than themselves. I don't really have a problem with the guy, he's as shady as the next, just more in front of our face i don't care i have enough money for good lawyers kind of shady.

[JazMerkin]

....everyone always hates those doing better than themselves. I don't really have a problem with the guy, he's as shady as the next, just more in front of our face i don't care i have enough money for good lawyers kind of shady.

Then why does someone like Lou DiBella not get the same hate? The hate for the likes of King & Arum comes out of who they themselves are, not because they're doing well.

[holmcall]

Lou DiBella is a real straight shooter in my book--and a genuine kind of person to boot. So is Mike Acri. Arum is a sleaze ball's sleaz ball but a wealthy one at that. If money is the measure of success, King is King and so is Arum, but the Golden Boy is coming up on the outside.

[Preme]

Think the guy gets a bad press he's no angel for sure but just the meanest Pirahna in the tank .
HBO and Showtime like to cream off the top of the sport yet never get accused of shitting on fighters .
How many fighters get the shit end of the stick because they are not good tv? How many dodgy decisions on HBO fight cards ? Nobody ever blames HBO but soon as Don King's involved everybody's up in arms .

What's the difference ?

don king is a fucking scumbad

he cares nothing more than money

the guy is a fucking proven killer.

he should have no power in boxing or anything else, someone should pay terry marsh to fcking do what he almost did to warren.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

he's still funny as hell and a great patriot. I can forgive a lot for a man that promotes freedom the way he does. He might not be to freedom oriented when it comes to controlling boxer though. Still, he's a funny shady guy.

[Chris24-7]

he's still funny as hell and a great patriot. I can forgive a lot for a man that promotes freedom the way he does. He might not be to freedom oriented when it comes to controlling boxer though. Still, he's a funny shady guy.

agreed personally hes a funny guy but its all $$$ for him, so many people see that side of him now they all hate on him