I don’t know how much rap superstar and budding boxing promoter Curtis Jackson, better known to the world as rap giant 50 Cent, knows about U.S. history.
But if he studied how America started to fight our oppressive British masters, Fitty would know that Ralph Waldo Emerson immortalized the opening attack by the ragged revolutionaries as the shot heard ’round the world.” They say it went down on the North Bridge in Lexington and then spread to adjoining Concord. In the ongoing promotional wars, it looks to me that Fitty and sidekick Floyd Mayweather Jr. are using a Los Angeles federal lawsuit by exciting James Kirkland as their Lexington war starter with Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy. Kirkland, through Florida lawyer Sekou Gary (son of legendary litigator Willie E. Gary, a sharecropper’s son who is a jillionaire who has three lavish offices, two personal airplanes and much more), is seeking to lose his “Golden handcuffs” and break free of the L.A.-based promoter.
(From Wikipedia, the Horatio Alger story of Willie E Gary:
Gary has won over 150 multi million dollar suits, including a $500 million award granted to one of his clients in Mississippi.
Gary is a member of the National Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers Association, Martin and St. Lucie County Bar Associations and the Million Dollar Verdict Club. He has also received Honorary Doctorates of Law degrees from eleven universities. His extensive community activities include membership in the NAACP, Florida Guardsmen, Inc., Urban League, Civitan International, United Way of Martin County and Martin Memorial Hospital Foundation Council, along with others.
Gary owns two private jets, named the Wings of Justice and the Wings of Justice II, along with several cars, including two Rolls Royces. His main residence is in Sewall’s Point, Florida overlooking the St. Lucie River.
Gary continues to lead a legacy of success, appearing on Oprah and giving numerous speeches world wide. Forbes Magazine has listed him as one of the top 50 attorneys in the United States, and Ebony Magazine declared him one of the “100 Most Influential African Americans.” He continues to assert the quality of Black colleges and universities, and recounts that his firm religious beliefs have rewarded him throughout his life.
(Co-managers Cameron Dunkin and San Antonio attorney Mike Miller, along with trainer Ann Wolfe and others, look like collateral damage although Miller says his side fired the first legal shots in Texas.)
I can’t draw a straight line between Fitty, the Garys and Mayweather but on July 17, when Money languished in the Las Vegas slammer, Poppa Gary held a charity event in the gambling mecca to inspire impoverished children. Though unable to attend (speaking of handcuffs), Mayweather publicly endorsed the event.
Willie E. Gary has, in the past also repped Don King (who turned age 81 on Monday). I think he handled the defamation lawsuit against ESPN in which the cable network prevailed.
It’s beyond belief that Sekou Gary, who repped Yuriorkis Gamboa when the Cubano left Top Rank, just coincidentally advised Kirkland. Gamboa is signed by The Money Team, the Fitty and Floyd promotional venture and may debut for them Nov. 17 in Miami (along with signee Andre Dirrell and seemingly on Showtime).
Many questions remain. Are Floyd and Fitty operating without Big Al Haymon pulling strings/ They certainly have the do-re-mi to do so.
Some suspect Cousin Al is in the background which, if true, will make Richard Schaefer and the Goldens especially angry.
As the boxing world turns…it’s a good time to be a free agent top level fighter or, if not that, one willing to roll the dice in lawsuit.
Enough for now, let me go drink some Vitamin Water, something else Fitty put his Midas touch to.
Maybe it can enrich my life, who knows?
