DON KING RUMORS & GOSSIP
Oquendo looking to end career on a high note & land another big fight
"I'd love to fight Seth Mitchell, Chris Arreola or Bryant Jennings, but they don't want any part of me. Those guys will never step up to the plate." Fres Oquendo
Chicago-based heavyweight veteran Fast Fres Oquendo (33-7, 21 KOs) will take on Coon Rapids, Minnesota, southpaw Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell (28-5, 27 KOs) for the WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Championship...
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5 days ago
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Whatever Happened to Don King?
Don King is Largely Absent from the Boxing Game Today
Starting with the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, Don King began a march from small-time Cleveland street operator to boxing's top promoter. For a quarter century, Don King was the sport's major power broker, with Bob Arum and Top Rank running a clear second. Yet in recent years, King has slipped not just from the top...
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January 23, 2012
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January 23, 2012
In The Least Surprising News Of All Time – Paula Deen Has Diabetes
Paula Deen — the queen of high-calorie, Southern cooking — is about to come clean and confess that she can’t eat her own dishes anymore because she has diabetes.
The Georgia-born chef — a Food Network star who has written five best-selling cookbooks — has been trying to keep her condition a secret, even after the National Enquirer reported in April that she has Type...
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January 17, 2012
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January 17, 2012
Just The Thing That Boxing Needed: Snooki
If the heads of the World Boxing Council, Federation and Association were looking for something that could recapture the public’s fascination and fanfare of their corrupt sport, I’m not sure this latest bit of boxing news is going to do the trick. As if it wasn’t bad enough that Floyd Mayweather was sent to jail for beating his girlfriend, thus delaying his fight with Manny...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
Snooki Bringing Pro-Boxing Team To Atlantic City
Team Snooki Boxing will be making its debut this January 28 at—where else—the Jersey shore.
No, the meat-ball-sized reality star, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, won't be lacing up her own gloves but will be backing three Irish brothers ringside at Resorts Casino Hotel in the boardwalk city.
Here comes boxing's newest Don King in high heels and mini skirt. Hey...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
Only in America: Jive Turkey
CBS Miami: Don King’s Turkey Giveaway Canceled After Truck HijackedMIAMI (CBSMiami) – Hundreds of needy South Floridians were disappointed to learn Friday that a truck loaded with Christmas turkeys to be donated by boxing promoter Don King had been hijacked.Don King’s spokesman Robert Weneck said the truck full of 2,000 turkeys bound for South Florida went missing over night...
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December 17, 2011
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December 17, 2011
DON KING UNABLE TO ATTEND AYDIN vs. DAN II
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—Nagging back pain has caused promoter Don King to scuttle plans to fly from the United States to Turkey today to join his friend Ahmet Oner ringside tomorrow at the rematch of undefeated WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin in a highly anticipated rematch against Jo Jo Dan. Oner and King co-promote Aydin. “My back slides out on me from time to...
Via The Boxing Republic
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November 25, 2011
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November 25, 2011
Undefeated Junior Welterweight Vernon ‘Ice Man’ Paris Signs with Don King Productions
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—Undefeated IBF No. 5-ranked junior welterweight Vernon “Ice Man” Paris (26-0, 15 KOs), from Detroit, today signed a promotional agreement with Don King. “I can’t find the words to explain how I feel signing to fight for a legend like Don King,” Paris said in King’s South Florida office. “People are now going to see what Vernon Paris is truly...
Via The Boxing Republic
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November 23, 2011
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November 23, 2011
Don King to Challenge UFC by Entering MMA
Don King’s been called a lot of things during his 80 years on the planet, including murderer, cheat, and swindler. But love him or hate him he does know how to promote a boxing match. At least he used to. King’s boxing promotions have been suffering quite a bit over the past few years since a new era of boxing stars are raking in millions of dollars by using other promotion companies...
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November 07, 2011
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November 07, 2011
FROM HAIRDOS TO HAIRDON'TS
The best heads of hair in sports
Has anyone ever seriously looked at Don King and asked what the hell is he doing with his hair? I mean this guy invented the blow-out. Pauly D owes everything he is to Don King. I just wonder about the guy. Did he go, “F%ck It!” one day and just light his hair up?
Don King isn’t the only guy in the history of professional sports to be noted for his exceptional...
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November 07, 2011
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November 07, 2011
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