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keithmoonhangover wrote:

stevedoc wrote:i see tim witherspoon a month ago at a show i had a drink with him and he said that don king agreed a purse of usd$3,000,000 to fight bruno but after king took his cut and expensives he got $90,000 ..what a con man ....

Didn't Tim win a lawsuit against King years later?

stevedoc wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:

stevedoc wrote:i see tim witherspoon a month ago at a show i had a drink with him and he said that don king agreed a purse of usd$3,000,000 to fight bruno but after king took his cut and expensives he got $90,000 ..what a con man ....

Didn't Tim win a lawsuit against King years later?

yeah i was a bit pissed but he said he was awarded 1.300,000 and he got $900,000 off king ,

stevedoc wrote:@p4p1 ..i know why the hell would anyone sign with him ..how has no one ever tried to kill him

p4p1 wrote:

stevedoc wrote:@p4p1 ..i know why the hell would anyone sign with him ..how has no one ever tried to kill him

Mate I know a guy from the same area as me here in australia that signed with him and I was like seriously why man, though he did get him a world ranking but surely not a good move.

stevedoc wrote:

p4p1 wrote:

stevedoc wrote:@p4p1 ..i know why the hell would anyone sign with him ..how has no one ever tried to kill him

Mate I know a guy from the same area as me here in australia that signed with him and I was like seriously why man, though he did get him a world ranking but surely not a good move.

my favourite king story involves lennox lewis if my memories correct king offered lewis 10,000,000 to fight tony tucker a lot more than he had been getting to lure lennox in to kings clutches but lewis took the money beat tucker and stayed with frank maloney

stevedoc wrote:

p4p1 wrote:

stevedoc wrote:@p4p1 ..i know why the hell would anyone sign with him ..how has no one ever tried to kill him

Mate I know a guy from the same area as me here in australia that signed with him and I was like seriously why man, though he did get him a world ranking but surely not a good move.

my favourite king story involves lennox lewis if my memories correct king offered lewis 10,000,000 to fight tony tucker a lot more than he had been getting to lure lennox in to kings clutches but lewis took the money beat tucker and stayed with frank maloney

p4p1 wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:......that according to some people, Duran's prime/peak ended immediately after the first Leonard fight, presumably because his heart wasn't in it and he stopped training properly.

But the same people will not entertain that Tyson's prime/peak ended after the Spinks fight, when his heart wasn't in it and he didn't train properly.

Strange.

Duran had been a world champion for 8 years already and was 29, had already had over 70 fights and was fighting above his best weight, Tyson was 24, had been champion for 4 years and had 35 fights, big difference.