What modern robberies have Don King not been involved in?

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Correctme if I'm wrong, but Don King was involed in some capacity in travesties such as Whitaker-Chavez, Tito-DLH, Holy-Lewis I and Holy-Valuev. But what truly controversial verdicts have been rendered during King's time where he hasn't been in any way involved in the fight?
     
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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Chavez not getting his deserved victory over Whitaker.
     
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  3. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    SNV/DTHH was one of the most recent.
     
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  4. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    King tried pull a fast one on the Tyson - Douglas fight result, but as my buddy Texas Boxing Commissioner Dick Cole said at the time:

    "If they do that, then you can stick a fork in the WBC (& King), they are done."
     
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  5. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    The WBC? It's the WBA who's in bed with King.

    The WBA did of course blacklist Meyran for his count, after the fight.
     
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  6. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, imagine Tyson keeping his title with a draw if it had went the full 12.:lol::lol::lol:
     
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  7. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    WBC:s Suleiman was pretty thick with King at the time.
     
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  8. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol::rofl

    At least there would've been a immediate rematch. :yep

    It pisses me off that Lewis got a immediate rematch against Rahman, but Buster was allowed to avoid Tyson.
     
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  9. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    ****ing right. i scored it a KO for Chavez. he MUST have knocked out one of the invisible fighters he was swinging at all night. it's a shame only chavez could see them
     
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  10. gregluland

    gregluland Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :patsch yeah the big one,,,. Fenech robbed of 4th W.D. Title with a draw against Azumah Nelson. Fenech won all but two rounds. Biggest travesty since the "Long Count".:fire
     
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  11. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good question. I think he was involved with the Wilfredo Gomez-Rocky Lockridge robbery as well.

    As far as ones he didn't have a stake in I would have to say Pazienza-Haugen I.
     
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  12. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You'll notice that verdicts favoring King's fighters mysteriously spiked when his main meal ticket- Mike Tyson- was incarcerated. Nelson-Fenech was just one of those.
     
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  13. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A related question would be if a robbery ever occured where King's fighter got the short end?
     
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  14. willmc83

    willmc83 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sturm - Macklin
     
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  15. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    There's been plenty of none King robberies, he didn't invent the trick and he didn't abuse it much more than many other promoters
     
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