Why does everybody hate Don King ?

[JazMerkin]

how come u hate arum?

There's many reasons, I won't go on about them all, but the main one is his happiness to financially support and do business with Apartheid South Africa throughout the 1980s even as the world's governments and major businesses boycotted them. His alleged comments to an HBO executive about leaving Latinos and Blacks to fight in the ring whilst they made all the money as well, as I definitely believe he said that. He's just been overshadowed by King's corruption, because he doesn't seek the limelight as much as ol' Don.

[rjj tszyu]

Although I don't really like Don King he can be more entertaining than the whole of the HW division at the moment just with the shit he talks! He makes Muhammad Ali seem quiet at times.

[holmcall]

how come u hate arum?

There's many reasons, I won't go on about them all, but the main one is his happiness to financially support and do business with Apartheid South Africa throughout the 1980s even as the world's governments and major businesses boycotted them. His alleged comments to an HBO executive about leaving Latinos and Blacks to fight in the ring whilst they made all the money as well, as I definitely believe he said that. He's just been overshadowed by King's corruption, because he doesn't seek the limelight as much as ol' Don.

An add his supprt of Plaster Gloves!!

[match]

Three of the most high profile cases of corrupt decisions were Don King fights in which the fighter who got screwed was a non Don King fighter who refused to sign over options to him before the bouts:
Whitaker-Chavez
Lewis-Holyfield I
De la Hoya-Trinidad

[holmcall]

Tom Hauser used to vilify him; now he loves him. Go figure??

[Chino]

...still, I am yet to see another promoter come up with the fight cards Don King came up with.

[Big Dick Whittington]

...still, I am yet to see another promoter come up with the fight cards Don King came up with.

The monsters . Sometimes I use to go to bed before the main event

[Chino]

...still, I am yet to see another promoter come up with the fight cards Don King came up with.

The monsters . Sometimes I use to go to bed before the main event

I'll give you an example, remember the event called "Revenge: The Rematches"? Any other promoter nowadays would have each of those fights in the fight card as separate events really.

[DaxxKahn]

Don is no beter or no worse then most big promoters when it comes to the way he treats/treated his fighters....Don just had bigger stars, and he had bigger ideas then most...The man made boxing the money machine it has become, there was not such thing as million dollar paydays with double digits before Don.....The man brought promotion to a whole new level and contrary to popular belief he is a hard worker....Most promoters today have a huge staff of people doing all the leg work...Don still at his age is hands on everything....

To understand exactly how good King is as a promoter for those who don't know the behind the scenes workings of Ali/Foreman do some reasearch.....No one but Don could have pulled that off

As for his past aside from boxing yeah he was shady, he was an enforcer but I can name a 100 guys who have done worse


Love King or Hate King you have to respect what the man does/has done....Don went beyond the biggest player in the game he invented the game

[Scrap]

Im very Freindly with Tim Witherspoon

[Chris24-7]

Don is no beter or no worse then most big promoters when it comes to the way he treats/treated his fighters....Don just had bigger stars, and he had bigger ideas then most...The man made boxing the money machine it has become, there was not such thing as million dollar paydays with double digits before Don.....The man brought promotion to a whole new level and contrary to popular belief he is a hard worker....Most promoters today have a huge staff of people doing all the leg work...Don still at his age is hands on everything....

To understand exactly how good King is as a promoter for those who don't know the behind the scenes workings of Ali/Foreman do some reasearch.....No one but Don could have pulled that off

As for his past aside from boxing yeah he was shady, he was an enforcer but I can name a 100 guys who have done worse


Love King or Hate King you have to respect what the man does/has done....Don went beyond the biggest player in the game he invented the game

Yea I read about Ali-Foreman on his wikipedia page (I dont know much before his most recent years)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_King_(boxing_promoter)
Looks like he's had his ups and down in life

[mattboxingfan]

because he steals money off fighters

[mattboxingfan]

he smells

[mattboxingfan]

need 10 posts lol