Don King Turned Down A Million Dollars For Amir Imam Not To Face Ruslan Provodnikov

might be a little early to dismiss him out of hand. His losses were split or majority decisions to undefeated guys (solomon, gomez, etc). He's only 26, so there's still time for him to develop into a decent contender..... He's relevant now, similar to how Aron Martinez became relevant because he got robbed against Guerrero and then beat Alexander.

Who the hell still signs with Don King is the real question.

Who was paying that million dollars , Provo is w/Banner or a smaller outfit they don't have that kind of bank...do they Anyway at the time probably was right choice they believed Imam could make more if they kept him winning Provo wouldn't need 100 punches a round to score a KO Would like to know who was paying a thousand dollars for that fight too.

Steveucnlive: So Don King turned down a million dollar offer to face Ruslan Provodnikov on behalf of Amir Imam is what Im told, lol #boxing Imam was already mandatory challenger to the WBC 140 title held by Viktor Postol (at worse he walks away with 25% of a purse bid, where he is walking into the process with a TV broadcaster interested enough in him to put him on at least a headlining ShoBox card). Before laughing off the decision, you have to consider what the choice actually was; does Don King throw his arguably last prospect into the ring with Ruslan Provodnikov, for whatever amount of money, or does Don King choose to go with the 15:1 fight, headlining the SHO Extreme portion of the Montreal card, for $200k? If Imam is as good as folks think he is, you take the Montreal fight every time.

The way Imam looked last night...Ruslan would have absolutely destroyed him. At least it would've been better than getting destroyed by Granados who's irrelevant in the grand scheme at 140lb. might be a little early to dismiss him out of hand. His losses were split or majority decisions to undefeated guys (solomon, gomez, etc). He's only 26, so there's still time for him to develop into a decent contender.....

I feel bad for Imam losing that money, but f*ck Don King! I don't know why these guys continue to sign with him. Was Imam the last relevant fighter he had left? I hope so.

Exactly. Imam was being perfectly managed by King. It's not Kings fault Imam didn't turn out to be the product king thought (and almost everyone else thought) he'd become. It wasn't from a bad management call why Imam will have to rebuild himself for a $1M payday going forward. Yes still young enough to make it there. It's just he suffered a significant set back, now. I feel the same, then I tried to make sense of everything of Granados. I took a look at him and in hindsight, I see how if you overlook him or treat him as tune up or stay busy fight, you can find yourself in trouble. 1. He's tall too, 5'9", he has very long arms 74", as long as Floyd and Lara's or right around the same ballpark, so he has the physical attritbutes there at JWW. 2. He is tough, durable, never lost by TKO, and all of his decision losses were SD or MD, meaning at least one judge had him winning in every fight he 'lost' or one judge had the fight a Draw. 3. He is a young, fresh fighter at 26. The cons are that the guys he struggled to win against aren't all that, YET. At least not yet, they are like up and coming guys known by hardcore fans, like Brad Solomon, Frankie Gomez, Felix Diaz. All pretty much stand out up and comers, and Felix Diaz gave Peterson a hell of a fight. Solomon's career hasn't taken off yet and he is already 32. He didn't lose to bums, but the guys he lost to are in the phase of their careers where they still have a lot of work to do.

Who the **** would pay him a million dollars? Yeah , sounds strange, even if Haymon was involved that's crazy

Who the **** would pay him a million dollars?

Imam was the mando for WBC title despite having no real notable wins , guessing King had some influence in that and didn't want Provo getting in the way.

Well Don King built Tyson's and Trinidad's careers. So I think he knows a little about when to make what fight. Exactly. Imam was being perfectly managed by King. It's not Kings fault Imam didn't turn out to be the product king thought (and almost everyone else thought) he'd become. It wasn't from a bad management call why Imam will have to rebuild himself for a $1M payday going forward. Yes still young enough to make it there. It's just he suffered a significant set back, now.

He also destroyed their careers as well. Well promoters don't get paid to be financial advisers. Tyson's lifestyles and who he kep around him is not King's fault. Trinidad had an excellent career, lots of handpicked opponents, and even a robbery win over the Golden Boy, which may or may not have been influenced by King. Don King is not a saint, but I think he knows what he is doing as a promoter.

Judging from last nights fight that probably would have been a poor match-up for Imam.

Well Don King built Tyson's and Trinidad's careers. So I think he knows a little about when to make what fight. He also destroyed their careers as well.

Well Don King built Tyson's and Trinidad's careers. So I think he knows a little about when to make what fight.

Huge mistake...

Was it in Russia?

Who was paying that million dollars , Provo is w/Banner or a smaller outfit they don't have that kind of bank...do they Anyway at the time probably was right choice they believed Imam could make more if they kept him winning Provo wouldn't need 100 punches a round to score a KO

The way Imam looked last night...Ruslan would have absolutely destroyed him. At least it would've been better than getting destroyed by Granados who's irrelevant in the grand scheme at 140lb.

Don King will stomp you to death for 600 dollars.