http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/m/S/king_d.jpg
from that to this
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2004/05/05/bush-king.jpg
say what you will about the man, but he's straight up and down genius of this sport, the mastermind between some of the greatest fight cards and main events.
if it wasnt for him i believe boxing would have suffered, that's right, not improved or been better, but SUFFERED
my trainer once told me a brief story, he knew a guy that knew Larry Holmes, it goes something like this
Larry and Don were in King's office, they were talking about the contract and the money issue of course came up.
Larry being the bad ass that he was, told King "You know Don, i can have you killed for this"
Don: "Yes, that's true Larry, but i can have you killed before you leave my office"
that's the relationship between holmes and Don. The moral: dont fuck with the businessman who can close the deal by any means neccessary
There are endless Don King stories. The one you mean is where when he was in the hospital he conned a bunch of doctors out of money to start some charity that never amounted to anything but income for King.
Lol, that was the one! The charity was supposed to get all the proceeds and ended up with a very small percentage while King raked in thousands for himself.
Lol, I knew it wouldn't be to long before you weighed in on this. Do you remember the hospital story Scott? I don't remember enough of it to repeat it, but it was something about saving a hospital and King duping them and keeping most of the proceeds.
There are endless Don King stories. The one you mean is where when he was in the hospital he conned a bunch of doctors out of money to start some charity that never amounted to anything but income for King.
I have another message for Don King...Hurry up and die already. He's a murdering and stealing scumbag.
Lol, I knew it wouldn't be to long before you weighed in on this. Do you remember the hospital story Scott? I don't remember enough of it to repeat it, but it was something about saving a hospital and King duping them and keeping most of the proceeds.
King has been both good and bad for boxing. Its my opinion the bad outweighs the good though, as don has been in it to line his pockets much more than to help boxing. If you get a chance, get the book "Only in America: The life and crimes of Don King". Its an excellent book that shows you just what kind of self driven genius Don King is, and just how big a peice of shit he is too. as brilliant as he is, the guy is a murduring thief. I wouldn't put him on to high a pedastel as a role model.
I can't respect Don King. He did get from poor to rich but he also screwed (and killed) many men along the way.
Respect Bernard Hopkins because he did it on his own.
http://books.google.fi/books?hl=fi&id=sWYN6cETROQC&dq=jack+newfield+the+life+and+crimes+of+don+king&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=qF8-7TNP5i&sig=XSHukFxhOjj43RP5DPV0LOCrdJw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result
Read this.
He also screwed boxers out of millions of dollars. Class act guy
So has many other promoters. At least King was truthful when told those people "Even if I was stealing from Mike Tyson he made more money with me stealing from him than he is making now."
http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/m/S/king_d.jpg
from that to this
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2004/05/05/bush-king.jpg
say what you will about the man, but he's straight up and down genius of this sport, the mastermind between some of the greatest fight cards and main events.
if it wasnt for him i believe boxing would have suffered, that's right, not improved or been better, but SUFFERED
my trainer once told me a brief story, he knew a guy that knew Larry Holmes, it goes something like this
Larry and Don were in King's office, they were talking about the contract and the money issue of course came up.
Larry being the bad ass that he was, told King "You know Don, i can have you killed for this"
Don: "Yes, that's true Larry, but i can have you killed before you leave my office"
that's the relationship between holmes and Don. The moral: dont fuck with the businessman who can close the deal by any means neccessary
Great story and all but what is the name of that porn movie in you GIF?
He also screwed boxers out of millions of dollars. Class act guy
He was smarter then them. He knew what to do. Even though I love Tyson....... He got OWNED.