only in america could someone go to prison for manslaughter killing someone in a fight and then come out and become a boxing promoter! wow.. i actually find it hard to believe this is real life. that said, don king is by far the greatest boxing promoter of all time. i remember seeing don all the time on tv growing up, my parents hated mike tyson and wanted him to lose.
Yeah real Stone killer stomps a 135lb tuberculosis ridden man to death over a few owed bucks. It matters not what you or I think about this high profile amoral grifter as he's about to come face to face with how he lived his life. He burned Ali for over 2 million dollars on the Holmes fight and using his "We are brothers in the latitude of oppression" getto colloquialisms managed to ingratiate himself with black fighters who he then stole from . A real piece of work!!! Only in America 😜 "I guess if you view being a scum ball thief as being worthy of praise we're polar opposites!!! I honor integrity above all else and that electric mop hasn't an iota of that!!!
I doubt very very highly that either of Holmes or Cooney actually made $10 million each for that fight. King definitely skimmed a high percentage from that.
@@dongiller More like, according to how bad boxing is today. Boxing was fantastic when Don King controlled boxing. I blame the rat called Bob Arum for the demise of boxing!
@@HagelBiscut You sound real foolish the man paid for his wrong doings when he went to prison, how can you judge him have presidents, senators, and police officers do does worser things on a daily basis??? So if you gonna judge him judge them with exact same critique and reproach and as far as Mike Tyson his downfall was firing Kevin Rooney a bad entourage and that 304 Robin Givens. Mike Tyson made a lot of money with Don King and by his own admission he said blew a lot of it on drugs and bad decisions so let’s speak facts over feelings and opinions 💯.
@@warrenmcfadden3918 Bull💩, when Tyson tried to sue King for $100 million dollars when the judge saw how much money King paid Mike he got $14 million dollars. And that was for Don being Tyson’s manager and promoter which was unheard of but that’s all it was.
Don King was the first to pay professional sportsman millions like in '74 with the Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman the Zaire government put up a $10 million purse $5 million a piece for both the winner and loser, say what you want Don King is a brilliant business man.
@@wilburwolf7080 Being a hardcore business man is one thing. Being an alleged swindling con artist is something totally different. How many people have accused King of being the latter rather than the former? But I think I get where your coming from.
Say what you will, but don king is in every significant boxing events all through the 20th century as well as today. Just look up deontay wilder and don king
its a dog eat dog world....but no matter which way you cut it....the great don king made a lot of black fighters truly wealthy...he took a massive cut and pushed them into fights.....but they walked away with millions, whereas with the white proomoters they walked away with thousands and if lucky ... a couple hundred thousand.... its business baby......you must respect and admire don king...the greatest promoter boxing has ever seen.
Exactly… plus the way white promoters criticized Don made me realize that Don was beating them at their own game because they weren’t getting a big pie of the money. These white promoters robbed so much fighters that it makes me laugh when they say Don robs fighters and then they incentivized certain fighters to say Don robbed them. Yet, those fighters were making millions with Don but would ask for cash advances thinking they didn’t have to pay Don back. 😂.
Good-evening Mr King. My name is the Bull Of Lewisham. (Middleweight). I, aspire to be Champion one day. Will, you give me your undeclared support and backing in this perilous endeavour? Don King Not Just The King Of The World But Of Our Hearts. Bull. (Matador)
Nobody has 20 millions ... how times have changed. Look how much Floyd Mayweather got for his fights. Look how much Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lebron James get paid. They receive as much money per minute as a nurse for the entire year. They earn 10 million each month.
Tyson and other boxers aren't promoters, it takes an brilliant mind to orchestrate and pull off major events, that's where Don King came in. If a boxer doesn't have a smart manager to protect their interest that's the boxer's fault.
Mike Tyson started doing drugs, had bad people around him and the worst thing that happened to him was that 304 Robin Givens that was HIS fault not Don King.
Don King did exploit and screw over plenty of boxers. But they are some who stayed away from his field of influence, Lennox Lewis being a notable example. You only end up getting used if you allow your self to be used.
