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Originally Posted by Loudon
Thanks for that mate!
What sort of relationship did Don and Frank have?
Did Don ever want a piece of Joe?
Regards, Loudon.
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Back in the late 80's the top British promoter was Mickey Duff, but that all changed when ****** came back after almost being killed by an unknown gunman. During his time away from the spotlight he had entered into a business deal with King, which basically made him the man on the British promoter scene. Not sure what the exact details were only that they were partners and co-promoted events like
Eubank-Close, Bruno-Mccall and
Benn-McClellan. Most British guys saw which way the wind was blowing and jumped onto the ****** bandwagon:
Benn, Bruno,Collins. ****** also had promising up and coming guys like
Hatton and
Hamed.
It was because of Hamed that ****** and King would fall out. ****** did not believe that King was pushing Hamed's career in America and their partnership would end when Waaren tired to sue King. A mistake which would blow up in his face and he would lose millions.
I have never come across any article/interview with King showing any interest in Calzaghe. There is a very good chance that King would of contacted ****** about a match up between Calzaghe and Liles, because King tried to match Liles up with other ****** fighters like Benn, Collins and Woodhall.