For years I've heard that he's a heartless bastard that steals fighters money. I don't know much about his personal life so is he really the scum of the earth people make him out to be?
Don king is too brown thats the difference
Its not because don is black that he gets the bad rep...
Unlike arum, GBP, dana white,,, Don has a decades long list of fighters he ripped off: Holmes, ali, tyson, norris, etc...
Arum, White, GBP to my knowledge have never had a fighter accuse them of not paying them the agreed upon amount... Yes they probably lowball fighters, but whatever deal they agree to, they hold up their end....
Hell floyd and oscar both hate arum yet i have never heard them say he robbed them of money..... never heard pavlik or anybody else complain about the money...
Promoters do shady things all the time, but king robbed dudes.... Thats why he has such a bad rap...
Thing is, he stole from the poor to give to the rich.
Year after year, he produced amazing fight cards for us fans (the paying customer) while shamelessly ripping off and ****ing over his own fighters (employees).
He is and was and always will be a scumbag, but he was a scumbag that knew how to put on a damn good fight card.
My opinion of his shifts around from time to time, obviously. I mean, I despise him, but more sometimes than others.
he was a gangster from cleveland and was in prison for killing two men before he got involved in boxing. he's been sued by over 25 former world champions for stealing their money.
King gave us some great cards and shows, especially compared the stuff they throw at us today. In that regard he might be considered a great promoter. However there were many controversies and questions regarding crooked officiating, sanctioning body payoffs and questionable morals around his run that shadow the accomplishments as a promoter.
Consider also, all the fighters that had to sue him to get their money, and there were very many, his ride at the top, though productive, was far from glorious!
And what's the definition of Arum, Schaeffer, DeLahoya, Dana White? They do the same thing, just slicker.
Hoya, Schaefer & Arum are of course also wretched slimy reptilian mo****as but Don King is a wretched slimy reptilian that also killed 2 ****in people so he really deserves the crown...also he was like the forerunner of sleezy promoters that rob you. You could say it like this...Arum & Co = Broner and Don King = Mayweather...something like that...not the best example but i think people will understand what i mean by that...