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

* Awaits another half dozen threads about nothing particularly interesting *

 

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What's the big deal? I read the threads that interest me and ignore the ones that don't. Why can't you do the same?

 

Make you right Magoo, will just ignore these from now.

 

Fergy keep on posting. Good on Magoo for sensible answer . I joined this forum because i was
looking at the posts and they intrigue me and i thought i would like to be part of this . Then
later i realize that some of the You Tube boxing videos i have watched are made by members
on this forum and moderators which i think as great.
If you don't like somebody post just ignore it because please remember there will be somebody
else who will like that post. Members might not answer but doesn't mean they don't like to read
the answers.

 

Ruined a lot of careers, and left a lot of fighters worse off for knowing him (there's a story about Leon Spinks having to take a bus home after meeting with King; the former HW champion forced to wait out on the street for a ride because King was done using him is just appalling). Dozens of lawsuits for taking money out of purses without the fighter's knowledge that were often settled. He was/still is an a$$hole of the first degree, and there's a special place in Hell waiting for him. Tim Witherspoon, Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson, to name a few, would be wealthier; Witherspoon might have seen a longer career if he wasn't handcuffed by King's antics. Couldn't otherwise tell you how much different the 80s would have been; it's almost a chaos-theory thing, no telling what his not being around would have made, but I'd say this: despite the big fights he made, he also cemented the idea of boxing and corruption being inseparable. The sport overall might be less wealthy, but more healthy if he hadn't been around.

 

yea,. I read he screwed a lot of guys. But I think a lot of guys got good fights because of him. Leon having to take a bus? That might be from his own stupidity for not saving his money. These guys didn't have to sign with him. But I guess there is truth that he screwed over some of these guys. a shame really.

 

If they didn't sign with him they went nowhere. He owned all the top flight contenders and champions. Sugar Ray Leonard was one of the few guys back then who became super star and a multimillionaire without Don King