Don King threatened Larry Holmes!

my favourite king story:
i heard him and arum had an argument over a fighter (couldve been ruiz???) and king told him "look i know if you pick up that phone ill be dead in twenty minutes, but if i pick up that phone youll be dead in five" apparently king got the fighter..

 

When Mike told him to let go his hand he was quick to comply. I think Mike scared him somewhat.

 

He didn't really mess with Foreman too much, especially in his comeback years.

 

Huh? :huh

 

In the heat of the moment you dont really know what a guy like Mike can do. What he is capable of is killing King in about 15 seconds, so you dont **** around with that.

Also Tyson must be a beloved legend amongst street people/gangsters, black muslims and friends from prison. I don't think King can **** with that backup.

 

what did ali say to king after the foreman fight that made him look worried

 

Tyson beat the crap out of king outside a car park in the 90s so Tyson got his revenge anyways

 

Dont know anything about this. But i imagine Ali was untouchable also. Infact i'd say without a doubt he was. He was poster boy and icon of a whole race, King is insignificant to a man that famous

 

King owned Holmes. He brought Holmes to the party and brainwashed him into thinking that he would have been nothing without his guidance. Holmes was pretty tough on everything else but King, which was suprising, but King eventually made him a lot of money late into his career but screwed him every which way and sideways in the early part.
Im telling you Don King was the most persuasive guy and ran his business like a cult.
I was talking to Derrell Coley about King and I asked him what was the craziest thing he ever did to him. He said before the ODLH fight King called him to his office and told him not to bring anyone with him. He said King showed him a bag with 300K in it. He said sign this contract and take the money. He looked at the contract and it was blank!

 

I've read the book too.
I think Holmes knew that King held the power in the relationship at that time. If Holmes had given King a whipping for threatening him we probably would never have heard of Larry Holmes.
I'm impressed by how Holmes eventually grew and broke free of King's manipulations and coercion.
Holmes was streetwise and business savvy all the way.

 

King ****ed Tyson out of millions.

 

King will die alone , thats how rich the man is.

 

I think Don knew who to mess with.The Ray Leonards, Marvin Haglers of the world knew how to deal with him.Guys like Greg Page and Tony Tucker were too soft.

 

A horrible **** no doubt but his powers of persuasion must be pretty good considering everyone calls him scum yet he still got the fighters.


Just as an aside, i once got a case of Miller beer and charged it to Don Kings tab in a V.I.P. bar. Am i 1 of the few who got something off King for nothing in return