Have we finally seen the last of Don King Promotions?

Jackomano · Sep 11, 2019

Don King has pretty much been semi-retired, since his wife died almost 10 years ago.

Jackomano · Sep 11, 2019

Dubblechin said: ↑

Um, yes. They should "share" the blame. The fighters who are broke blew their money. (LOL)

Don King was their promoter. He wasn't their financial manager.

Lots of King fighters like Holmes, Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez are all still multimillionaires. Even lesser fighters like Mayorga are still listed as multimillionaires, and he wasn't the brightest bulb. I think Gerry Cooney still has every dime of the millions he made from the Holmes payday.

And guys like Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson didn't go broke under King. They made more fighting for King than they made for any other promoter. When Tyson got out of prison, King presented Tyson with the biggest boxing contracts ever with the MGM Grand. Tyson later sued King to get even bigger share of that money ... and Tyson's next promoter Shelley Finkel got Tyson more multimillion-dollar purses. Tyson blew it all.

Don King didn't tell Mike Tyson to buy tigers and leopards, for God's sake, or tell Holyfield to buy the biggest homes on the planet and then get two-dozen women who weren't his wife pregnant.

Same with Witherspoon. Witherspoon famously sued King because King shorted him repeatedly. Witherspoon got a multi-million-dollar settlement. And Spoon was broke six months later. He just blew it all.

These guys are all independent contractors. It's all on them to pay their taxes and control their money and not get every woman they pass on the street pregnant. Not their promoter.
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This. I remember in some old interview that Holyfield mentioned that his house was so big that he had to pay a team of guys to go around in carts to make sure people weren’t secretly living in his house.

Also, too many fighters take advances against their fight purse and than act surprised when the promoter takes their money back out of their purse.

Heavy_Hitter · Sep 11, 2019

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It has been 416 days since Jaime Munguía fought Liam Smith, with King's most recent unbeaten exploitation victim Rafael Mensah fed to Alberto Machado in a losing effort. Don't jump for joy yet, however. That isn't even halfway to being the record for gaps between DKP events. 903 days passed between "his" earlier 2018 show (in truth a Big Drama Show™ featuring GGG; it would be generous to even call this a co-promotion with Tom Loeffler's 360° Promotions in which King was very much the B-side promoter and his fighter Vanes Martirosyan an 11/1 underdog) on Cinco de Mayo and his previous effort, Stiverne vs. Rossy (with Hurd vs. Galarza in chief support, and Derevyanchenko vs. Nicklow rounding out the broadcast) on Showtime in November 2015. However, with the pepper all turned into salt in spikes of the now octogenarian crook's hair, at 88, it may be a little far-fetched to believe he can pull together all the resources to scout yet another gullible fighter (it would have to be one from a third world country, because what person with an internet connection - regardless of their intimacy with boxing, even - isn't well familiar with the boogeyman stories whispered about DK?) to guide toward a premature title opportunity, cashing out their zero and leaving them ruined.
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Maybe King will shoot DLH in a back and take over again

Tramell · Sep 12, 2019

Dubblechin said: ↑

Um, yes. They should "share" the blame. The fighters who are broke blew their money. (LOL)

Don King was their promoter. He wasn't their financial manager.

Lots of King fighters like Holmes, Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez are all still multimillionaires. Even lesser fighters like Mayorga are still listed as multimillionaires, and he wasn't the brightest bulb. I think Gerry Cooney still has every dime of the millions he made from the Holmes payday.

And guys like Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson didn't go broke under King. They made more fighting for King than they made for any other promoter. When Tyson got out of prison, King presented Tyson with the biggest boxing contracts ever with the MGM Grand. Tyson later sued King to get even bigger share of that money ... and Tyson's next promoter Shelley Finkel got Tyson more multimillion-dollar purses. Tyson blew it all.

Don King didn't tell Mike Tyson to buy tigers and leopards, for God's sake, or tell Holyfield to buy the biggest homes on the planet and then get two-dozen women who weren't his wife pregnant.

Same with Witherspoon. Witherspoon famously sued King because King shorted him repeatedly. Witherspoon got a multi-million-dollar settlement. And Spoon was broke six months later. He just blew it all.

These guys are all independent contractors. It's all on them to pay their taxes and control their money and not get every woman they pass on the street pregnant. Not their promoter.
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1st Round KO post.

Could you land anymore shots, damn!

alpo1 · Sep 12, 2019

Dubblechin said: ↑

Um, yes. They should "share" the blame. The fighters who are broke blew their money. (LOL)

Don King was their promoter. He wasn't their financial manager.

Lots of King fighters like Holmes, Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez are all still multimillionaires. Even lesser fighters like Mayorga are still listed as multimillionaires, and he wasn't the brightest bulb. I think Gerry Cooney still has every dime of the millions he made from the Holmes payday.

And guys like Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson didn't go broke under King. They made more fighting for King than they made for any other promoter. When Tyson got out of prison, King presented Tyson with the biggest boxing contracts ever with the MGM Grand. Tyson later sued King to get even bigger share of that money ... and Tyson's next promoter Shelley Finkel got Tyson more multimillion-dollar purses. Tyson blew it all.

Don King didn't tell Mike Tyson to buy tigers and leopards, for God's sake, or tell Holyfield to buy the biggest homes on the planet and then get two-dozen women who weren't his wife pregnant.

Same with Witherspoon. Witherspoon famously sued King because King shorted him repeatedly. Witherspoon got a multi-million-dollar settlement. And Spoon was broke six months later. He just blew it all.

These guys are all independent contractors. It's all on them to pay their taxes and control their money and not get every woman they pass on the street pregnant. Not their promoter.
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