Excellent Don King Article

Hopkins finally ended him, he put the final nail in his coffin. I salute Bernard Hopkins.

"Most people will look at the black and believe that he is what they say he is — lazy, lethargic, can't rise to the occasion, all lies, cheat and steal, shiftless, worthless, no good, no account, he's a heathen and a savage.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, "No lie can live forever."

I'm a promoter of the people, by the people, and for the people, and my magic lies in my people ties.

Yesterday's nobody becomes today's somebody.

You must be able to deal with what is real.

How long? Not long!

They blamed me for the Lindbergh kidnapping, World War II, the invasion of Poland, they made me the villain and tried to tarnish my reputation.

I'm a promoter of peace, unanimity and zeal, constricting negativism to its narrowest form and working for the betterment of mankind.
When asked a direct question, especially one about money, Don King hems dozens of these phrases together into a dazzling yet utterly meaningless tapestry of pretty much everything that has ever happened in the history of the world. By the time he's done quoting St. Thomas Aquinas and Frederick Douglass and William Cullen Bryant, you're so confused and exhausted that you're willing to accept any statement that's not tied to a historic event or quotation. It's a performance worthy of a Borges story — Don King is one of those rare orators who understands the inverse value of words, whereby the most momentous phrases, especially those that have been stamped by history, can stand in for straight bull****. There was always a bullying element to King's plundering of history. In the past, as long as King talked about matters of political importance at a loud volume — especially those that make white people uncomfortable — nobody would cut him off and redirect him to the matter at hand. At the height of his considerable powers in the '80s and '90s, King used these types of historic words to help convince young black fighters to sign with the only black promoter in the game. Now, they're mostly used as a diversionary tactic, a way to duck questions about Ali, the briefcase, and Mike Tyson's expense accounts."

 

Don King is a hustler. Pure and simple. In the best and worst ways that term can be applied. He made himself rich and famous, but the very things that made him ultimately took him apart, piece by piece.

 

Some people think that Don King was positive for the sport of boxing.

That proves that you realy can fool some people all of the time.

 

Wow, not even sure that the worst skeletons are out of his closet. Fascinated to know the truth.

 

He is not just a hustler. He is a murderer and a thief without a moral compass. Hell of a promoter, though.

 

It's amazing what we as fans will excuse in the name of a good punch-up.

 

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It is a great article.

 

Only just got around to reading it. Brilliant aticle.

 

imo he is responsible for the" Lost Generation of Heavyweights", that included Witherspoon, Thomas,Page, Tubbs, Tucker,Dokes, and Bey.

 

A nice intimate look at a most unlikeable individual.Thanks!:good

 

A bit wordy but it was very thorough and critical, very good article, thanks for posting. Crazy to see how a man once perceived as having so much power loses the magic of his words once his status declines. Also weird to hear about the Jimmy Carter and Pepsi dealings, how the hell does he get there? I'm also interested in what kind of law he did.