This is untrue. Tito begged and fought to get real fights for years. He repeatedly tried to get King to promote him or let him go, going so far as to fight a doubleheader with Pea (Tito fought Barnes) under Roy's promotion.
Tito was a victim of the old King way: have the next star on the current star's undercards until current star is tapped. King did it with Chavez underneath Tyson; Tito underneath Chavez.
Hell, King all but ruined Norris trying the same thing. Norris was an HBO headliner signed by King for Middleweight tournament that never came off. To his credit, King got Norris major main slots on ABC and Fox later but much momentum was lost.
Tito was a victim of the old King way: have the next star on the current star's undercards until current star is tapped. King did it with Chavez underneath Tyson; Tito underneath Chavez.
Hell, King all but ruined Norris trying the same thing. Norris was an HBO headliner signed by King for Middleweight tournament that never came off. To his credit, King got Norris major main slots on ABC and Fox later but much momentum was lost.
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