Don King might just Give Boxing a huge boost!!!

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Me and my friends have always talked about a 24/7 boxing channel, the idea itslef is awsome, but with DK running it, kinda puts a damper on the idea. Hopefully he does make it, then dies and is given to someone else who is capable of running it how is should be run, with honesty and respect, no shady judges or res, and no shady decisions. Im half and half with his idea.

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If King dies, his son Carl is the heir apparent to the King empire, so all you King haters, it won't matter. Carl is just as smart as Don. I would not be surprised if Carl is the one doing a lot of things behind the scenes now.

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I have really mixed feelings about Don King....on the one hand he did give us some classic fights on a scale that had not really seen before and he is good at hyping up fights..n the other hand he controls too much and what we get is really medicore fights....but this isn't just Don King....almost every promoter is there to make money and often protect their cash cows...this is probably one reason boxing doesn't have a larger mainstream fan base..few really big fights...the judging doesn't help either...Have to say though that I would be interested to see what King could do....but don't HBO/Showtime have exclusive rights to broadcast some fighters? Seems like this would be a problem...we would get a lot of classic boxing and probably a number of lousy heavyweight fights ala his big heavyweight card a few months back that was probably an even bigger waste of my time than the amount of time I spend sitting on my ass watching simpsons reruns on Fox

One thing people fail to realize is that King is a business man, what he does is no different than white collar America. He is a very good business man. He's a very interesting man. Read "Only In America" by Jack Newfield, you might gain a little better understanding of the man. As someone else said, I don't buy that Don King is pure evil.

Instead of blaming King for taking advantage of the system, maybe we should blame those allowing him to take advantage. Legally, he is in the clear. Don King is undefeated against the Federal government, well, since he has been well-known at least. He has even said it isn't his fault if people don't read their contracts.

What does Don King do that every music studio doesn't do? He is demonized but he is no worse than any music executive. Most famous musicians get paid about $1.25 per album sold, before taxes and expenses.

Do not take my message incorrectly. King is morally wrong for some of his dealings. He is a ruthless business operator. I just do not think that he is the REAL problem with boxing. It is a combination of all promoters and their dealings with the alphabet soup belt organizations that causes the problems in boxing.