Don King threatened Larry Holmes!

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In Holmes book Against the Odds, Larry has a lot to say about King, nothing on the positive side either.
    Arriving in Zaire in 74 King ordered Holmes to carry his bags, King threatened rival promotor Harold Smith by telling Smith that " I'm gonna walk your ass down, King once got into a shoving match with Bob Arum and a pistol fell out of his pocket, King also killed to guys, shooting one, and stomping a guy to death on a Cleveland street corner. Just a few of the things mentioned in the book.
    Holmes mentioned that King offered him ten thousand to fight on an Ali undercard, while Arum offered Holmes 70,000. King would hear none of it and ordered Holmes to fight for the 10 grand purse. When Holmes told King he was gonna talk to Arum again, King got a look of pain on his face, and his eyes went cold and he told Holmes "you do and I'll have your legs broke." I'm somewhat suprised having met Larry and knowing his temperment that he didnt put an ass whippin on King right there. Holmes did mention that he bought a 22 pistol and had people watching his back back in Easton. Anyone know other shady King stories, I know how bad he ****ed over Tim Witherspoon and Mike Tyson.
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    King made Holmes fight Roy Williams, an undefeated slugger with bad @ss rep with a broken thumb. Holmes was street smart enough to know King was the power broker, and he had to play along. Once Holmes earned his bones, he openly ripped Don King and said he has his hair up to hide his horns.
     
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  3. leverage

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    Go to google and type in "the life and crimes of don king" and also type in "Ali-Holmes, a trail of blood". These two accounts will give you a good Idea of what a scumbag that this man really is and how he screwed over the same fighters that helped him.
     
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  4. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The beating that Don King got in the Bahamas was justified in my eyes due to the fact that the guy is and was an evil scumbag. Too bad his assailants didn't do more damage to him!
     
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  5. The Wanderer

    The Wanderer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    King had a way of unnerving and threatening a LOT of fighters... Larry is one of the ones who has been the most open and outspoken about it, but a lot of fighters (80s heavyweights in particular) can tell you about it.

    If you can find it in the bookstore, browse through the book Facing Tyson, which is all about the lives of various Tyson opponents and looking at their fights with him. A lot of them tell stories about Don, or, sometimes, refuse to tell their stories about him, which might be even scarier because it implies they didn't want it making it into print...
     
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  6. leverage

    leverage Active Member Full Member

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    Amen to that. If a truck ran over him tommorrow I'd throw a party and celebrate!
     
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  7. GoldenHulk

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    I know that quite a few top fighters have refused to fight on a Don King card. Now I may be mistaken but Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, and Duran, I think most of their fights were promoted by Bob Arum. Delahoya and Roy Jones I think until their Trinidad fights never fought for Don King either. George Foreman in his second career never fought for King either if I'm not mistaken.

    I did read an interview with Gerry Cooney, and he said that one of his biggest regrets was not being a Don King fighter, that most of the other contenders during the 80's were under King and he was on the outside.
    Also, Andrew Golota when he got signed by King was given an immediate shot at Chris Byrd for the IBF title, followed by fights with Ruiz and Brewster for title belts.
     
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  8. flamengo

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    ......send him back to hell.
     
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  9. Mendoza

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    While King is a bad person, there is not doubt he is skilled and charming. When his life is over, King's skills will be put to the test. Can he weasel his way out of a fair judgment against him?
     
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  10. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    There's a fine line between charm for the sake of convincing, and charm for the sake of genuinity. Don King has made squillions through being a con. He is reportedly a great man at first glimpsed. He works/manipulates minds to accept him as a TRUE supporter of their future.

    If King has his way..

    By the end of Kings own JUDGEMENT DAY, a future promotion will be announced for Las Vegas... Being King vs The Devil... in this bout, the promoter, the challeneger, and onlookers will be the same. Rotten scum who, due to their own 'goodwill', will endure another King promotion, only to witness Kings demise, and eternal firing from the door of normality. I doubt his foot was ever firmly planted in it.
     
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  11. Mendoza

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    Knowing King, he might be able to pick the terms and conditions, and bribe the judges in advance.
     
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  12. PowerPuncher

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    I thought Mendoza would have brought up the King-Klitchsko meeting. 1 of the brothers said 'Don played the piano, but then I noticed he stopped playing but the music didn't stop' - or something to that meaning
     
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  13. flamengo

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    Had to laugh.. seriously.. The word 'might' is understated. King appears to have it all his way.

    His epitath may read..

    "HERE LIES DON KING"
    "LOVING SON OF A *****"
    "D.O.B changed for legal reasons"
    "D.O.D check his pulse"
    "RIP or WBC"
     
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  14. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    duran was a Don King fighter he was a bob arm later in his career GoldenHulk
     
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  15. Mendoza

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    I news on the initial meeting. King went to the Klitschko's home in 1996 to offer what he saw as a his next white hope professional boxing contracts.

    The funny part is, the Klitschko's saw thought Kings ruse, and their mother kept pouring him Vodka so he would get tired and go to sleep.
     
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