Why does Mayweather need Don King?

[Nuurzhaelan]

If Mike Tyson, a self-admitted scumbag, ****** kid from Brooklyn vehemently calls Don King the biggest scumbag on the planet, there's gotta be at least a hint of credibility to that claim.

"Don King would sell his own mother for a dollar".

good luck, Floyd. Don't end up where Mike ended up.

king is vermin, not unlike a certain plaster-using cheat we all know and loathe.
I have always despised this creature.

He's a convicted murderer. How much simpler does it get?

[jpunieves]

because bitches who need money always stick to old men...

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Mayweather Promotions anyone

[clmags12]

I thought he is the draw. The money maker. The big baller. The shot caller . What ever you want to call it. Why does he need King in his career? Does he not have the leverage he thought he had?

Signing with King has actually opened up more doors for Floyd. King has had working relationships with both HBO and Showtime, while Haymon and GBP stick mainly to HBO.
IMO- The disrespecting of Floyd from his management/advisors seemed to have started from when Mosley was fed to floyd earlier in the year. While the Haiti earthquake was a tragedy Berto stepping aside for his Jan fight but then have a fight just a few months later in April- kind of too soon?
Floyd has already shown he wants his way/terms for his fights, with these secret negotiations with Arum, Greenburg, and Haymon going on Floyd had no say. He probably felt forced to sign again, just like with him and Mosley. With his spoiled kid ways he jumped ship, instead of listening to Haymon/GBP who want Pac/Floyd.

Its important that King will see the $ involved with Pac/Floyd and try to get that next. If not, expect to see Floyd fighting on Showtime against lesser non-challenging opponents. Im sure Arum/Team Pac see this which is the reason of Manny's uncharacteristic call-out.

Its sad that Im all up in the soap opera

[Mitch5]

Its wierd because even Floyds biggest haters would admit that Floyd is REALLY clever when promoting fights and how to generate money, but it seems like its got to a point were he thinks he smart enough to do business with King with no problems... but the harsh reality is that King is A LOT smarter than Floyd when it comes to this kind of stuff, hes practically a con artist.

Most people sign with King nowadays only when they really have to, and then jump ship at the first opportunity.

Floyd probably will have a few good lawyers look over the contract to mqke sure there aren't any loopholes

[Biolink]

Tyson amassed around what? 400 million dollars under King and he ended up squandering it on drugs, and women.

His biggest acts have all made money. Then there are stories of people like Judah ending up owing him money.

He can't be totally at fault for his clients not knowing how to manage their own money.

But besides that, who cares? It's his fault if he does somehow getting ripped off by King and not anything someone should be concerned about. I just want to see him fight more.