Who's career did Don King ruin?

[phillies04]

It goes WAY beyond a few careers ..The MAN IS DESTROYING BOXING...

Couldn't agree more!!! That is why that UFC **** thinks they are going to take off because people like him are holding down boxing.

[eazy_mas]

Couldn't agree more!!! That is why that UFC **** thinks they are going to take off because people like him are holding down boxing.

UFC has one title to fight for and not many after a few year when the UFC has many thing with it it will become worst than boxing

anyway boxing alway had it loyal fans beside it

[potatoes]

So yesterday I was at my girlfriend's house when the subject of Don King came up.(Ok, I'll admit it, we were watching Beauty Shop, and it was because I wanted to, not her.)

ANYWAYS, I said "Don King is awesome" or something to that effect. Of course, her sister's know-it-all boyfriend pipes in with "No, he's really not, he's ruined so many boxer's careers" but was unable to give me any names.

I don't really know too much about Don King, other than the basic stuff. So tell me, did he ruin any fighter's careers? Did he come anywhere close to ruining any careers? Or was this guy just talking out of his ass like he seems to do most of the time?

Edit-Ehhh ****ed up the title. Oh well.

At least 50% of the boxers that have signed with Don have ended up filing lawsuits against him. As to whether he has "ruined" anybody's career is a matter of definition.

[Fighting Cougar]

I like how Ali shuts him the **** up in the film lol.


But Don King is part wanker part genius.

I wonder how don king felt about the movie lol, I wonder if he even saw it.

[Fighting Cougar]

So yesterday I was at my girlfriend's house when the subject of Don King came up.(Ok, I'll admit it, we were watching Beauty Shop, and it was because I wanted to, not her.)

ANYWAYS, I said "Don King is awesome" or something to that effect. Of course, her sister's know-it-all boyfriend pipes in with "No, he's really not, he's ruined so many boxer's careers" but was unable to give me any names.

I don't really know too much about Don King, other than the basic stuff. So tell me, did he ruin any fighter's careers? Did he come anywhere close to ruining any careers? Or was this guy just talking out of his ass like he seems to do most of the time?

Edit-Ehhh ****ed up the title. Oh well.

Theres rumors that say Chavez and I also think Mayorga but I believe that Chavez got robbed several times by more than just don king I belive it was that one airline that went broke Taesa Airlines or something like that.They say he's even sent to kill boxer's. But you never completely know.

[David06]

Don King has taken, and still takes, advantage of fighters. Whether or not you can associate that with him ruining the careers of fighters i don't know, but surely fighters have to shoulder some of the blame. Don King is a very intimidating, and persuasive man, but fighters are well within their rights if they don't want to work with him, and there is no written rule that says fighters have to work with Don King, but at one time he was the best Promoter in the world (and he would claim to still being the best) and fighters wanted to work with him because they wanted more money, but the bottom line is that the only important person to Don King is Don King.

That right there is why I have a hard time feeling bad for anyone who has "had their career ruined". They choose to work with King.

[neils7147933]

So yesterday I was at my girlfriend's house when the subject of Don King came up.(Ok, I'll admit it, we were watching Beauty Shop, and it was because I wanted to, not her.)

ANYWAYS, I said "Don King is awesome" or something to that effect. Of course, her sister's know-it-all boyfriend pipes in with "No, he's really not, he's ruined so many boxer's careers" but was unable to give me any names.

I don't really know too much about Don King, other than the basic stuff. So tell me, did he ruin any fighter's careers? Did he come anywhere close to ruining any careers? Or was this guy just talking out of his ass like he seems to do most of the time?

Edit-Ehhh ****ed up the title. Oh well.

The Barbershop franchise jumped the shark with that one. I bet Ice Cube wore dark glasses and a wig when he cashed that check. It did make the Kevin Bacon game a little more accessible for the hood genre film, though, and provide me with 1/4 of my sig...

[Franko]

That right there is why I have a hard time feeling bad for anyone who has "had their career ruined". They choose to work with King.

I do feel bad for some of the boxers that Don King has taken advantage of as they have obviously worked hard to get some form of recognition as a boxer, and of course many don't have a great knowledge regarding the financial aspects of the game. But like i've stated, Don King is very persuavive and is reknowned for taking advantage of easily lead, or ill advised fighters. Mike Tyson is a glaring example for those who have reservations about working with Don King, yet Mike Tyson has never stopped Don King's continued success, and Mike Tyson is as much to blame himself for how his relationship with Don King turned out.

[David06]

The Barbershop franchise jumped the shark with that one. I bet Ice Cube wore dark glasses and a wig when he cashed that check. It did make the Kevin Bacon game a little more accessible for the hood genre film, though, and provide me with 1/4 of my sig...

Wow I had no idea that Beauty Shop was even part of the Barber Shop franchise.

[mercadojglb]

I was reading a book call "Coming To America" in the library today and it was all about Don King. The last chapter on that book was devoted to how King ruined Tim Weatherspoon's career. I was so pissed off at Timmy.