?Don has been getting away with raping people so long that he got sloppy and sent over some forgery that was easily discovered??
?When the aura fades, the seams start to show. And Don King, with his bombast, his circuitous way of talking, and his faded set of affectations is nothing but seams.??Jay Caplan Kang
?When asked a direct question, especially one about money, Don King hems dozens of these phrases together into a dazzling yet utterly meaningless tapestry of pretty much everything that has ever happened in the history of the world.??Kang
?The venue, the pay-per-view broadcaster, Mayorga and my trainers, the undercard fighters, and many others, all of them will suffer if the judge unfairly grants King?s injunction.??Sugar Shane Mosley
?The truth is King is a semi-retired millionaire who wants to prevent Ricardo Mayorga and me from earning a living.??Mosley
?When I?m doing good, the hair goes straight up?Now that things are difficult, the hair has gotten a little flatter.??Don King
Thomas Hauser (who gone 180 degrees on Don King) recently paid another of his homage?s to the King of Bling with a piece on the Sweet Science titled, ?He?s Still Don King.? Hauser concludes in his interesting but fawning article as follows: ?There are a lot of celebrities today but very few icons. King is an icon and a larger-than-life legend. His style, his hair, his verbosity, his smile, his charisma, his bling; all of it is his own creation. He still stops a room when he enters. He may be old. He?s no longer the force in boxing that he once was. But he?s still Don King.?
I have my own feelings about Don King and most have been molded by what I read in the classic ?The Life and Crimes of Don King? by Jack Newfield. But these are just opinions. What is not an opinion is that Don King apparently wants to somehow, someway remain relevant in the world of boxing even though that world has clearly passed him by, especially since Cloud vs. Hopkins which Cloud lost in May 2013. Hopkins said after this bore fest, ?What a way to put the last nail in the coffin. Who thought it would be me that would shut him (King) down??
King may be an ?icon,? I but am not ready nor will ever be ready to grant him sainthood as his long career winds down. Even now, the 84-year-old King has inserted himself into the upcoming and widely anticipated Mosley vs. Mayorga on August 29.
According to TMZ, Don King Productions has filed an emergency temporary injunction against Mayorga to stop him from fighting claiming Mayorga is under a promotional agreement the boxer signed in 2009 and reaffirmed in 2014 with a Memorandum of Understanding. Mayorga counters that the contract is a fraud due to his signature being forged by King.
Mosley and Mayorga
The fighters themselves say:
Mosley: ?I think Don [King] has been getting away with raping people so long that he got cocky and sloppy and sent over some forgery and fraud that was easily discovered?I think it?s ironic that a fighter not even signed with him put him away. Fraud is a crime and I plan to prosecute Don to the fullest extent for this. Luckily for me his reputation precedes him so fighting this is an uphill battle for him.?
Mayorga: ?He (Don King) will not stop the fight. This man is ridiculous, and his time has passed. He just has a desire to disrupt. Has he not stolen enough from me? Like he stole $21 million from the pay-per-view with De La Hoya. He told me it didn?t make any money and it was most successful event of the year.?
According to the lawsuit, King would be irreparably harmed if Mosley-Mayorga II went forward because Mayorga is ?at risk of substantial physical harm, and in turn, will damage the reputation and goodwill of DKP by diluting or compromising it ability to promote Mayorga in future bouts.?
Huh? What had Don King done for Mayorga in the way of advancing his career and/or earning him money? When was the last time King promoted a Mayorga fight?
It is rumored that the judge will rule on this on August 20. Let?s hope he sees though King?s pathetic attempt to remain a force, albeit a meddlesome one.
For those who want a brilliant and balanced account of what Don King was and is all about, I strongly recommend the following: ?The End and Don King?The crumbling of an American icon? by Jay Caplan Kang dated April 4, 2013: http://grantland.com/features/don-king-faces-end-career/
These days, Don King?s hair seems to have gotten a little flatter.
