Is the Don King era over?

He was hanging in there until about 2005/2006 because he had always placed alot of interest in the heavyweight division and had most of the top guys. Then the aging Americans got replaced by Eastern Europeans and he never really got in with them, he co-promoted Valuev and Lyakhovich but other than that lost his control on the heavys, and other than that he just had a few guys scattered through the divisions. Because of this he doesn't get the tv dates anymore so his better fighters leave him and he struggles to attract new ones. He might come back but he's well below Top Rank, Goldenboy and probably others like Dibella and Shaw in the pecking order now.

 

Are you just catching on to this? King hasn't been relevant in years.

He's robbed enough fighters over the years, so I seriously doubt that he'll be going broke before he dies.

 

I liked Don King since as a fan he put on the best fights possible with the best cards. Arum and Delahoya put on a main fight and bad undercard fights.

 

Omar Henry signed with him recently

But King is still dead in the current boxing scene

 

Never liked him as a man, he clearly ****ed over a lot of fighters. But no denying when he was dominant and he decided to put on a big event it was always filled with quality fighters. Not like todays promoters who have the main event and then a terrible undercard. Never thought I would miss having Don King on top and in control of boxing.

 

Don King always was a **** but he got good cards for the fans.
He always kept true to that cash

 

That's because Don King's recruitment tactics are designed to play upon the fear of potentially successful Black Americans, so his game doesn't work on other groups.

 

:good He murdered two people when he was younger. OK, the first was trying to rob an establishment of his, but he shot the robber in the back. He stomped his second victim to death becasue he was owed six hundred dollars. He must have had a good attorney, because he got off with the lightest version of manslaughter possible. I think he served less than 4 years.

He knew damn well that Ali had a "hole" in the membrane that seperates brain fron skull, but tried to get in on the promotion of the fight against Berbick anyway.

Mike Tyson calls him a "reptillian mthr fckr"

Good riddance is right :deal

 

"Shut the **** up. You have more white lawyers working for you than anyone in the business." - Sugar Ray Leonard when he was annoyed by Don King's recruiting tactics

 

Now if Bob Arum can gracefully bow out !

 

i think he just got tired he's old lost his wife so he's not involved as much as before... not because he's broke or anything but he's just old and doesnt have the energy if he wanted i know he could start signing a lot of prospects and get them to the top he's that good of a promoter

:hat

 

the guy has made his millions, he doesnt need the money any more

 

Part of it has to do with the fact that he never seemed to branch out as well outside of the heavyweight division like the other promoters, and the fact that his fighters are severely inactive fighting once a year.