Don King Approval Poll.

[RipTheJacker]

Say what u want about King. He does what he does better than any other. They all cheat, and lie, and swindle(manipulate,steal,etc...) but King is best at it and has the most pull doing it. Plus he's entertaining.

[SacTown1]

Don is the greatest of all time

Leonard-Duran
Chavez-Taylor
Holyfield-Tyson
Whitaker-Chavez
Thrilla in Manila
Rumble in the Jungle

if that's not an awesome resume, I don't know what is

[Shaolin Bushido]

**** it; went with Cheater.

[leff]

King is a crock.

He has made some great fights in his life but the problem with king is that aint realy interested in putting the best upp against the best, he is interestet in puttin most sell able upp against the most sellable.

I some guy i cant remer name was put it. king dont care about black ore white he cares about green.

[Run]

Another positive contribution by Don King, In resurrecting the Cruiserweight title: And giving Jean Marc Mormeck a spot in the limelight. He hired a "advisor" who was bilingual to service Mormeck. I would not doubt he hired others to service him in other ways. If you know what I mean.

God I love Don King. Sheer Publicism at its best.



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[jayschre]

I have always hated Don for so many shady things he has "allegedly" done in the sport. Yet after the bout tonight I was actually quite amused at something that he did, I saw it coming the whole time but really was still caught off guard when he did it, and when I saw the look on Farhoods face, I just about pissed myself laughing. In case you didn't catch it, after Farhood talked to both fighters he called Don King over in front of the camera to get his thoughts on something or some****, anyways DK started talking about how good it was to be back on Showtime and then said how the fights so far this year have been great on Showtime, Then he said how many more great bouts lie ahead down the road. Then he did it, he actually said into the SHOWTIME camera for everybody not to forget about Ruiz vs. Toney at the end of this month! Farhood looked like he **** all down his pants, truely a classic moment, Oh in case you all forgot the Ruiz vs Toney bout is on HBO not Showtime!!!!

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[Truth]

I don't like him but, I don't like most promoters in boxing. They all seem crooked.

[SonnyG8R]

How can anyone say "Boxing would not be here without him" refering to Don King?

The sport was huge well before King entered the scene and it will thrive after he is gone. King has been a blck eye for the sport if anything.

[Run]

The sport was huge well before King entered the scene and it will thrive after he is gone. King has been a blck eye for the sport if anything.

Jean Marc Mormeck would be unknown, to a level greater than he is now, if it were not for King. Don is a publicist. He has built his reputation on promoting big fights to the public, which few people outside of boxing would be interested in seeing. I can understand how you think this, because it is obvious that you know boxing. Otherwise, you would not be on the forums dealing out your opinions as to fights and fighters. King acts as a representative for up and coming fighters, gives fighters a spot in the media, and basically acts as a Mediator/Authority in boxing.

There were times where I was a little disgusted by him. Namely his B.S. parade to give Tyson the title back when he got KTFO by Douglas. Douglas was simply the better fighter that night, and King could not accept that because his "golden boy"'s aura of invincibility left temporarily. With the advent of King promotional schemes in the future:

Look where Tyson is now. If you say Tyson would be who he is without King, I would say "no". He would have been another devistating puncher like Lacy is now, or any other "hard-hitting" up and comer. King marketed him by setting up taylor made opponents and cab drivers for Tyson to whale away on. I never bought into this certain line of King Promotion, but oh well. He has done WORLDS over for heavyweight boxing...which is the only weight class the majority of the public could care less about. Don King is the biggest and baddest promoter, who promotes the biggest and baddest fighters.

Look at it from another viewpoint: We need promoters....No? If we do, who should suit that purpose better.....Arum? DLH? Goosen? ppppppfffffff! 3 whackjobs who ride Don's coattails and ask him: "If everything is going to be alright, as far as the contract goes". And in general, most notable fights of the century were promoted by Don King. Just look at his resume. And like I have said before, Africa would have no clue who "Big George" was if it were not for him.

Rid**** Bowe was fortunate to have Rock Newman as his promoter/trainer. He "Marketed" Bowe to Africa, which King did for Foreman in the 70's. And I have heard some scandalous things about Newman, especially him "ripping" Bowe off. He does not seem to recieve the blunt of the trauma for that. King gets a bad reputation for paying some of these mongoloids exactly what they have earned: "Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars".



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