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King Says Joseph Agbeko-Yohnny Perez Card Will Be First With Instant Replay

By Lem SatterfieldOct 31st 2009 – 10:00AM

Among the motivations for Joseph Agbeko entering Saturday night's defense of his IBF, 118-pound title against Yonnhy Perez is his desire to achieve the greatness of two of his African predecessors.Like Agbeko, a 29-year-old bantamweight titlist, Ghaninan legends such as three-time champion Azumah Nelson and former...

Don King Productions Sues American Legion Post Over Pay-Per-View

By Michael David SmithMay 15th 2009 – 7:08AM

The American Legion post in Chino, California, has agreed to pay two $20,000 settlements in lawsuits brought by Don King's KingVision Pay-Per-View over showing boxing matches at their hall.According to Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times, the lawsuits, brought by both KingVision and J&J Sports Productions, alleged that...

Don King: George Bush Showed the Reflexes of a Boxer When He Ducked a Shoe

By Michael David SmithDec 16th 2008 – 10:36AM

My own thoughts when seeing George W. Bush dodge a thrown shoe in Iraq over the weekend were, first, Shouldn't the Secret Service have moved a little more quickly? And second, Is this what it looks like to be greeted as a liberator? But Don King had a different thought: Bush should be a boxer. From TMZ:"Bush has...

Don King: 'UFC Is Taking 200 Years of Rules and Throwing Them Out the Window'

By Michael David SmithSep 17th 2008 – 8:22AM

The boxing promoter Don King, who has done time for manslaughter and been accused of defrauding his fighters, isn't the guy I would choose to voice concern about the moral decline of our society.But the writer Thomas Hauser, who regularly writes about his opposition to mixed martial arts, uses King as his go-to guy for why...

Felix Trinidad Signs on to Fight Roy Jones Jr.

By Larry BrownAug 14th 2007 – 12:06AM

Yes, in the picture above, Trinidad is on the left. There was a time in my life when I would have been elated to read the headline of this post. That was about seven years ago when both boxers had around 40 wins, mostly by knockout, and the only blemish on either of their resumes was a 9th round disqualification of Jones...

DonKing News From the Web

  • 05/22/12 Don King Announces DJ Khaled's Album Release Date... Source: VladTV Well, this certainly is one way to promote your work.
  • 05/21/12 Shock To Have Radio Show Source: GTR News Online - Tulsa OK Bank of Oklahoma is proud to present Head Coach Gary Kloppenburg's Coach's Show on The Buzz AM 1300.
  • 05/19/12 Tom English: ‘What does boxing thinks it's losing.... Source: Scotland on Sunday IN HIS biography of Don King, the American sportswriter Jack Newfield describes a scene from the Cleveland ghettos in April 1966 with King, "a street Machiavelli, a ghetto Einstein" as the centre-piece.
  • 05/19/12 Nottingham and District Pool League Source: Evening Post - Nottingham - Nottinghamshire - UK Super 7s league champions Victory Club went level on points with leaders Basford Hall MW at the top of the Nottingham & District Pool League Thursday Premier Division after beating Life of Rileys Students 8-4.
  • 05/14/12 KingsCourt26's Review Of Last Night's Game Source: LetsGoKings.com I know what you're thinking...here he goes again with another novice analysis...Well I'm bored at work so here we go.

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