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Bottom line, do you think Floyd Mayweather and Don King will unite? Your boy Steve Kim wrote an excellent piece on this story... -- JB
I read about 75 percent of Kim’s King-Mayweather story (“Don King’s new BFF” on MaxBoxing.com). That’s not a comment about Steve’s writing (you know I think he’s one of he best columnists in the biz), that’s just all I can stomach of Don King’s ramblings. Funny thing is, in order to get through the amount of the column that I read I found myself reading the King quotes out loud in his voice. (Not to toot my own horn, but I do a killer King imitation. Ask Kim if you don‘t believe me.)
From what I gathered from Kim’s article, King’s focus is just landing Mayweather; not making the only fight that matters (the one that Floyd appears to be running away from).
It’s great that Bob Arum says he can “guarantee” that Mayweather-Pacquiao will happen if his old buddy King is negotiating on Floyd’s behalf, but do you really believe him? Maybe he’s telling the truth, maybe he’s not. Arum might be saying that just to piss on Schaefer and company.
Here’s my take on the Mayweather-King union, it’s possible that it could happen but I don’t care at all unless it results in Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (or Sergio Martinez or Paul Williams or Miguel Cotto or perhaps even Alfredo Angulo). I have no interest in Mayweather vs. Cornelius Bundrage, and I would absolutely dread any pre-fight press conference with both King and Mayweather rambling on and on unless there was the payoff of a fantastic matchup in the ring.
Anyway, you asked for my “bottom line,” so I’ll give it to you: Yes, I do think King and Mayweather will eventually unite.
It makes sense given Mayweather’s history. Floyd fled Top Rank in mid-2006 when Arum kept pushing the Antonio Margarito fight. Now he appears ready to bolt from Golden Boy once Schaefer and company got serious about making the Pacquiao fight.
Why would Mayweather go to King as opposed to Gary Shaw, Lou DiBella, Kathy Duva, or even getting his own company licensed? The answer is simple. Mayweather needs to have his ass kissed 24/7. He likes to be wined and dined and nobody does that better than King, who will lavish his potential victims, I mean clients, with expensive gifts (***elry, cars, etc.) to get their signatures on the dotted line. Just ask Mike Tyson or Hasim Rahman or Zab Judah. If Mayweather was smart, he’d sit down with those guys and speak to them Frankly about their experiences with King, but he’s not nearly as smart outside of the ring as he is in it.
And you know what? That’s all good. King and Mayweather are made for each other. Hell, they deserve each other
Bottom line, do you think Floyd Mayweather and Don King will unite? Your boy Steve Kim wrote an excellent piece on this story... -- JB
I read about 75 percent of Kim’s King-Mayweather story (“Don King’s new BFF” on MaxBoxing.com). That’s not a comment about Steve’s writing (you know I think he’s one of he best columnists in the biz), that’s just all I can stomach of Don King’s ramblings. Funny thing is, in order to get through the amount of the column that I read I found myself reading the King quotes out loud in his voice. (Not to toot my own horn, but I do a killer King imitation. Ask Kim if you don‘t believe me.)
From what I gathered from Kim’s article, King’s focus is just landing Mayweather; not making the only fight that matters (the one that Floyd appears to be running away from).
It’s great that Bob Arum says he can “guarantee” that Mayweather-Pacquiao will happen if his old buddy King is negotiating on Floyd’s behalf, but do you really believe him? Maybe he’s telling the truth, maybe he’s not. Arum might be saying that just to piss on Schaefer and company.
Here’s my take on the Mayweather-King union, it’s possible that it could happen but I don’t care at all unless it results in Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (or Sergio Martinez or Paul Williams or Miguel Cotto or perhaps even Alfredo Angulo). I have no interest in Mayweather vs. Cornelius Bundrage, and I would absolutely dread any pre-fight press conference with both King and Mayweather rambling on and on unless there was the payoff of a fantastic matchup in the ring.
Anyway, you asked for my “bottom line,” so I’ll give it to you: Yes, I do think King and Mayweather will eventually unite.
It makes sense given Mayweather’s history. Floyd fled Top Rank in mid-2006 when Arum kept pushing the Antonio Margarito fight. Now he appears ready to bolt from Golden Boy once Schaefer and company got serious about making the Pacquiao fight.
Why would Mayweather go to King as opposed to Gary Shaw, Lou DiBella, Kathy Duva, or even getting his own company licensed? The answer is simple. Mayweather needs to have his ass kissed 24/7. He likes to be wined and dined and nobody does that better than King, who will lavish his potential victims, I mean clients, with expensive gifts (***elry, cars, etc.) to get their signatures on the dotted line. Just ask Mike Tyson or Hasim Rahman or Zab Judah. If Mayweather was smart, he’d sit down with those guys and speak to them Frankly about their experiences with King, but he’s not nearly as smart outside of the ring as he is in it.
And you know what? That’s all good. King and Mayweather are made for each other. Hell, they deserve each other
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