What a Stacked Card: Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack, 8th May 1993.

That was a Don King promotion.

 

Revenge: The Rematches

Julio Cesar Chavez-Frankie Randall II

Azumah Nelson-Jesse James Leija II

Gerald McClellan-Julian Jackson II

Terry Norris-Simon Brown II

Ricardo Lopez-Kermin Guardia

This was a Don King card.

 

Yep, Don King was/is a dick but he put good cards together. Today's promoters could learn a thing or two.

 

Another great Don King card:

Julio Cesar Chavez- Tony Lopez WBC JRW Title

Jorge Castro-John David Jackson(94 FOTY) WBA MW title

Felix Trinidad-Oba Carr IBF WW title

Frankie Randall-Rodney Moore WBA JRW title

Ricardo Lopez-Y.Caraballo WBC Minimumweight title

 

I forget what fight it was, but I'll always remember JCC after one fight laughing and hugging Don King and saying, "DON KING IS MY FATHER!!!."

Chavez must have been making nothing before he met Don.

 

Another great Don King Card:

Julio Cesar Chavez- Meldrick Taylor II WBC LWW title

Felix Trinidad-Yory Boy Campas IBF WW title

Frankie Randall- Juan Matrin Coggi WBA JRW title

Vincent Pettway-Gianfranco Rosi IBF LMW title

Gabriel Ruelas-Jesse james Leija WBC SFW title

Ricardo Lopez-Surachai Suramgot WBC MMW Title

6 title fights in one card .

 

imagine how much those cards would cost these days

 

Don was only able to make those cards because he was such a crook and paid his fighters so little. the reason we don't have cards like that now is because fighters actually get paid what they should as a fan i'd love those type of cards but not if it means the fighters won't earn a fair purse.

 

Maybe the only way he could afford to put such extravagant cards together was to steal money from his fighters. :think

 

And maybe he is just a far superior promoter to Bob Arum and actually gave boxing fans competitive cards.

Paperagent: If you have evidence of Don King doing what you allege, please share it with the board. If you are just talking **** with no facts to support your assertions: shut the hell up.

 

Those were great days for boxing fans. Stacked PPV cards, and easy to steal anyway with black boxes.

 

I think this turned out to be the best of those DKP PPV cards in the mid 90s.

The Rematches might have been better on paper, but the fights here turned out very good.

Trinidad-Campas was an excellent short war between two young undefeated WWs. Chavez-Taylor 2 was actually a very good fight, underrated. Although it was basically a case of "who had declined more?", it was entertaining, with a great 6th round.

Ruelas impressed me against Leija, particularly with his agility and how low he could get to avoid shots. Those KDs were beautiful to watch too.

 

It was more of a sarcastic comment, so blow me *****. :yep

 

Undercards have dipped so much in quality.

It's crazy to think that fights like Wilfredo Gomez-Lupe Pintor was an undercard fight. That was a great fight in a great year in boxing.

Simon Brown-Maurice Blocker was on the undercard of Tyson-Ruddock 1. That was a WW unification bout, as an undercard. Really good fight too, one of the best WW fights of the 90s