How much different could the heavy s of the 80 "s have been without don king?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    From what I gather Don King had a practical stranglehold the heavy s division for some of the 70 s and most of the 80 "s and 90 s. There are story's abound of heavy s claiming don king ruined there careers. How negative or positive was Don s influence amongst the division of the time of the 80s. And was he partly responsible for tyson s down fall and money problems. I've heard both good and bad about king for thirty years and he surely plays or played a massive part in boxing history.
     
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  2. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    From what you gather?.
    I was going to post a constructive reply but tbh i think you are just making threads out of boredom now.
     
  3. mr. magoo

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    He made some great fights but having too many horses in your stable makes for a conflict of interest. The era might have been more competitive if some of the top fighters had different representation. With King owning practically all the top contenders and alpha champions he had too much power to say who fights who and who gets locked out of the scene.
     
  4. Fergy

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    What are u talking about blackcloud. It's part of boxing history. A big part. It's nothing to do with posting threads because of boredom. I've never seen a thread on here detailing don king as such and thought it would be interesting to see comments about it. Your being negative now. Would u rather have a million threads on David tua?
     
  5. Fergy

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    Thanks Mr M, at least u give a positive response. If certain people don't like a thread just don't reply, that's what I say. It's no big deal
     
  6. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    I would rather you stop pulling random names and dates in hypothetical matches and clogging up the bloody forum with it.
    You obviously have far too much time on your hands.
     
  7. Fergy

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    That's your opinion pal. There s only u been negative about it. And I didn't realise u had shares in this forum.
     
  8. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Źzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
     
  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Like another poster pointed out to u. There's plenty of space on here. Your just been petty about it now
     
  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    BlackCloud u don't own the place pal so get used to it.
     
  11. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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  12. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    And I should listen to a grown man who does that. Thank God there s grown up s on here to communicate with!!
     
  13. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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  14. Fergy

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    Nuff said.
     
  15. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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