Don King Buys Half of Duva Boxing, Lands Peter

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The New Jersey Herald News reports that promoter Don King has agreed to buy 50% of Dino Duva's promotional company, Duva Boxing, based in New Jersey. The two promoters plan to announce their deal at a December 5 press conference in New York City.

King is now co-promoter to one of Duva's biggest guns, heavyweight contender Samuel Peter. King is also the co-promoter to James Toney, with Goossen-Tutor holding the other end of the contract. A power play for sure, because when Toney and Peter face off in their January rematch, King wins either way. The winner receives a shot at WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. King is already the American promoter for WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and has WBO champ Shannon Briggs under contract. King once again looks to rack up all of the heavyweight titles in order to force IBF champ Wladimir Klitschko into a fight with one of his champions.

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"People in boxing are going to question this decision," Duva told the Herald. "Obviously, everyone is always weary of the reputation Don has, but I feel very comfortable, secure and excited about going into a partnership with Don. I have no second thoughts or doubts about it. I think it's going to be a great partnership."

"People are going to say, 'You're going into business with the devil.' Well, the devil is in the eye of the beholder. And I'll tell you this, I'd rather be in business with Don King than with a lot of other people in boxing."

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Derranged_Fri Nov 24, 2006, 10:53 PM UTC

What I can't understand about Don King is that he can't set his personal ambitions aside and just do the right thing for the sport and let a unification tournament occurr. I mean what else does King need to prove in this sport? He's made hundreds of millions of dollars and proven himself to be the most lasting and reconizable as well as the richest promote ever in the history of the sport. Don King why not just let what the public wants to see, a heavyweight tournament with all four beltholders no f**cking strings attached?

beez721Fri Nov 24, 2006, 10:43 PM UTC

King has a piece of every heavy contender/champion not named Klitschko or Maskaev. Those two may fight each other and the winner would be the only King-less fighter of relevance in the division. So, just a few months after seemingly losing all his heavyweight pieces (Byrd, Brewster, Rahman), he's back on top. The guy never quits. At least matchups like Peter-Valuev and Briggs-Peter are much more realistic now, but Wladdy may never get a chance to unify all the belts. if maskeav loses to peter or toney we can forget about wlad getting a shot at any other belt unless he can get maskeav before peter or toney,,,but that seems less likely now that king is invloved :ugh:

Derranged_Fri Nov 24, 2006, 10:27 PM UTC

Bad news for heavyweight fans who were hoping to see unification in 2007. As I can remember, when King controlled all of or part of the titles, he never put his fighters against each other or any other of the beltholders who were non-king fighters.

Mr_RyanFri Nov 24, 2006, 10:24 PM UTC

******* Dino, what else do I got to say?

deuce_dropFri Nov 24, 2006, 10:22 PM UTC

this doesn't seem to have a positive response. i find it kind of scary. my question is how much longer is Don King going to be around!?? dude is old as **** and is all over the place and has no signs of slowing down, i think he's going to live forever, he must have sold his soul to the devil.................or something.

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