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Effusive King: Waiting on Boss With Hot Sauce, Mayweather; Kotelnik feens for Berto
* August 13th, 2010 6:05 pm
Among other things, Donald King and Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. share a fascination with stacks of cash
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Don King likes to tell people that, to have a successful restaurant, a proprietor can't just rely on servinf up mouthwatering cutrs of steak, no matter how tender or juicy.
“That don't cut it,” King often barks. “You've got to serve up a sizzling, tasty steak and then you've got to pour some love on top.
“You've got to put some comeback sauce on top of the steak so the customers can't help but keep coming back over and over.”
Which reminds me, in speaking to King just minutes ago, he referred to promotional free agent loyd Mayweather Jr. by a nickname I had never heard applied to him.
“Floyd, I call him the Boss With The Hot Sauce,” King said from his South Florida home. “I am getting ready to call Floyd right now to see what time he is coming in here.”\
King said he never asks Mayweather if he is disgruntled with adviser Al Haymon and/or promoter without a contract, Golden Boy.
“I don't have to ask Floyd about that because, if everything was good, he wouldn't keep coming back to see me. I love having dinner with Floyd”
Just a few weeks ago, Mayweather posted a photo of a 20 pound, $500 lobster he and King inspected at a Boca Raton restaurant.
While he awaits Mayweather's return, King offered up some breaking boxing news.
With his 79th birthday just a week away, King was totally charged up and enthusiastic about his last show and future cards.
King said that he and Lou DiBella have made a verbal agreement for a fight between rugged Andriy Kotelnik, coming off a close but impressive defeat at the hands of Devon Alexander, and undefeated Andre Berto.
“I just spoke to HBO. Kotelnik can be ready for November, no problem,” King said. “I'm keeping the kid here, keeping him at my training camp in Ohio. He trained there to fight Devon. That was a great fight last Saturday night in St. Louis but Devon won it.”
I asked King if he was sure Kotelnik would be ready so soon after going 12 hard rounds with the unbeaten Alexander.
“Hell, yes, we want that Berto fight,” King said.
“With Gary Shaw, we're making Devon against Tim Bradley for Jan. 29 so maybe HBO will want to see the winners of Kotelnik-Berto and Bradley-Alexander fight next year.”
King remains puffed up about the Missouri show which attracted nearly 10,000 fans at the Scottstrade Center.
“Even the knockout of Cory Spinks (by Cornelius K9 Brundiage was a good fight,” King said. “We had four championship fights and the turnout was good. You have a good mix of white and black fans and usually it's the white fans who get the best, higher priced seats but we got the whole area behind us.
“I spent a week in St. Louis and we worked hard, the oldtime promotional way. We had great support from Sen. McCaskill and from Gov. Brewer. We had community unity.”
That's a bit different than the unity he seeks with Mayweather, AKA the “Boss With The Hot Sauce.”
King also is greasing the HBO wheels for a possible Ricardo Mayorga-Sergiy Dziniriuk middleweight title bout.
"People don't believe Mayorga will get back in the ring but I'll put him in training camp, in isolation, as well."
But, make no mistake, King is cooking again, cooking with gas.
Larry Holmes was right, you can't cook with cold grease, y'all.
Micheal Marley
* August 13th, 2010 6:05 pm
Among other things, Donald King and Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. share a fascination with stacks of cash
Photo: Getty Images
Don King likes to tell people that, to have a successful restaurant, a proprietor can't just rely on servinf up mouthwatering cutrs of steak, no matter how tender or juicy.
“That don't cut it,” King often barks. “You've got to serve up a sizzling, tasty steak and then you've got to pour some love on top.
“You've got to put some comeback sauce on top of the steak so the customers can't help but keep coming back over and over.”
Which reminds me, in speaking to King just minutes ago, he referred to promotional free agent loyd Mayweather Jr. by a nickname I had never heard applied to him.
“Floyd, I call him the Boss With The Hot Sauce,” King said from his South Florida home. “I am getting ready to call Floyd right now to see what time he is coming in here.”\
King said he never asks Mayweather if he is disgruntled with adviser Al Haymon and/or promoter without a contract, Golden Boy.
“I don't have to ask Floyd about that because, if everything was good, he wouldn't keep coming back to see me. I love having dinner with Floyd”
Just a few weeks ago, Mayweather posted a photo of a 20 pound, $500 lobster he and King inspected at a Boca Raton restaurant.
While he awaits Mayweather's return, King offered up some breaking boxing news.
With his 79th birthday just a week away, King was totally charged up and enthusiastic about his last show and future cards.
King said that he and Lou DiBella have made a verbal agreement for a fight between rugged Andriy Kotelnik, coming off a close but impressive defeat at the hands of Devon Alexander, and undefeated Andre Berto.
“I just spoke to HBO. Kotelnik can be ready for November, no problem,” King said. “I'm keeping the kid here, keeping him at my training camp in Ohio. He trained there to fight Devon. That was a great fight last Saturday night in St. Louis but Devon won it.”
I asked King if he was sure Kotelnik would be ready so soon after going 12 hard rounds with the unbeaten Alexander.
“Hell, yes, we want that Berto fight,” King said.
“With Gary Shaw, we're making Devon against Tim Bradley for Jan. 29 so maybe HBO will want to see the winners of Kotelnik-Berto and Bradley-Alexander fight next year.”
King remains puffed up about the Missouri show which attracted nearly 10,000 fans at the Scottstrade Center.
“Even the knockout of Cory Spinks (by Cornelius K9 Brundiage was a good fight,” King said. “We had four championship fights and the turnout was good. You have a good mix of white and black fans and usually it's the white fans who get the best, higher priced seats but we got the whole area behind us.
“I spent a week in St. Louis and we worked hard, the oldtime promotional way. We had great support from Sen. McCaskill and from Gov. Brewer. We had community unity.”
That's a bit different than the unity he seeks with Mayweather, AKA the “Boss With The Hot Sauce.”
King also is greasing the HBO wheels for a possible Ricardo Mayorga-Sergiy Dziniriuk middleweight title bout.
"People don't believe Mayorga will get back in the ring but I'll put him in training camp, in isolation, as well."
But, make no mistake, King is cooking again, cooking with gas.
Larry Holmes was right, you can't cook with cold grease, y'all.
Micheal Marley
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