is don king really a scumbag?

[thealfa]

isn't don king synonymous with being THE boxing promoter? When Golota is down and out, who was there? Don King. When Mayorga got his day with Vernon Forrest, Mayorga, the club brawler got the big fights and biggest purses. Who was there? Don King? Who else did I miss?

Don clearly knows how to make fights happen, that's all I'm saying. If Don was in charge of that guy who last beat Tyson, we'd probably still here from that fighter. Am I right?

I'm just wondering how some people make Don King seem like a villain. I haven't read his bio or anything too much about him. So feel free to summarize?

[Klitschko2010]

He's a murderer to start with.

[Pretty Boy32]

His charm makes it difficult for people to believe sometimes,
but trust me if you know is background and some of his dealings he is a scumbag

[The_Visitation]

"(King is) a wretched, slimy, reptilian mother--. This is supposed to be my 'black brother' right? He's just a bad man, a really bad man. He would kill his mother for a dollar. He's ruthless, he's deplorable, he doesn't know how to love anybody."

Mike Tyson

[peewee1460]

don king is an ex-gangster from cleveland. he shot a man in the back for trying to rob one of King's ******** rackets and stomped another to death for allegedly stealing from him.

[catalinul]

When his fighter Berbick was destroyed by Tyson where was he?With Tyson.

When Gerald McClellan(his fighter) was battling threw life and death in the ring corner after losing where was he?With Nigel Benn.

Etc,etc.

Pure scumbag.

[BEEHOP]

Pure scumbag.

He's got cool hair though

[bojangles1987]

don king is an ex-gangster from cleveland. he shot a man in the back for trying to rob one of King's ******** rackets and stomped another to death for allegedly stealing from him.

There you have it.

[RockyB]

really? ive never heard much about King. is this proven or just rumors?

[luke_ski]

And he's still living it up on Mike Tyson and Meldrick Taylor's (and most likely others') purse money.