Don King Was good for boxing

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  1. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you mean like nobody ever complained about al capone ;)
     
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  2. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LOL.

    Ali
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Hopkins
    Bob Arum

    Alll got beat by King. :yep
     
    SweetSciGuru, Jul 29, 2014
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  3. puertorricane

    puertorricane Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    King wasnt good to his boxers that's a fact but he was good for boxing fans because he put the best cards. Arum and DLH are just as crooked but they dont put good enough cards for fans to overlook that fact. We have more belts than ever and fighters dont fight eachother anymore.

    Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad all Don King fighters that fought the best of their division.

    :hat
     
    puertorricane, Jul 29, 2014
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  4. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    stfu *****
     
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  5. Lady Girl

    Lady Girl Kneel Before Zod! Full Member

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    he did make some good fights
     
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  6. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don King made great fights happe more often than not.....Very True, you right OP
     
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  7. Decker

    Decker Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's been around for decades and made tons of fights. Of course he made some good fights.

    Most of his fighters (and nearly all black Ams) considered King a double crossing crook.

    Boxing was more good to DK than DK was to the fighters he managed and promoted. I'll give him credit for being a good businessman in boxing. What the fans saw was a by product of what he was doing for himself.
     
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  8. antonio plaisir

    antonio plaisir the detonator Full Member

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    i sort of see your point. both king and arum put on some huge fights and boosted the profile of boxing, but king especially is something of a crook. promoters are a bit sketchy, but that's money men anywhere in life.
     
    antonio plaisir, Jul 29, 2014
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  9. antonio plaisir

    antonio plaisir the detonator Full Member

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    arum was involved in some huge fights. more recent events have somewhat tarnished his record, but it shouldn't be overlooked.
     
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  10. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Good as in a pimp is good for his harem?
     
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  11. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    He got **** done but he's a bad man.
     
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  12. Boxing Truth

    Boxing Truth Active Member banned Full Member

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    Thats true.

    King is vice-versa to DLH & Arum.

    King made real great fights, but ripped off his fighters' purses.
    DLH & Arum have been staging FIXED FIGHTS, but pay their fighters good.
     
    Boxing Truth, Jul 29, 2014
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  13. The Professor

    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    Sorry, you can try to rewrite history all you want, but Don King is still a scumbag who exploited the men who actually put their LIVES on the line for our entertainment. Boxing would have done just fine without this parasite.
     
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  14. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    There is nothing redeming about Don King . The great fighters made those great fights. King was able to baboozle fighters with empty promises and lies. He destroyed lives and careers. He was a blight on boxing.
     
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  15. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Don King got eliminated by K2 and the rise of European heavyweights. That broke his neck.
     
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