Don King Hospitalised

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Don King Hospitalised; Mauricio Sulaiman Says His “Prayers Are For Don”

As fight fans may be aware, the current WBC convention is underway in Acapulco, with many huge names from the sport in attendance. One towering figure who is absent is the one and only Don King. King, who turned 91 in August of this year, was set to arrive at the convention, yet WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman informed those people in attendance that King “suffered some complications” and that he has been hospitalised.

Sulaiman said King has “some swellings and some back problems” and he said that he was sending “prayers for Don.” It’s not known how serious a condition King is in, but Sulaiman did say the situation is “not life-threatening” when he spoke with Lance Pugmire of Fight Hype.com.



“Don King was scheduled to come today, he had some complications and unfortunately he could not travel. He’s had some swelling and some back problems, so our prayers are with Don, we love him,” Sulaiman said. “Don is a great, great, legendary promoter, he’s a member of the boxing community. His whole team is here. I spoke with him today and he was a little bit down, but we’re going to keep rooting for him and hopefully he’ll be fine. No, it’s not life-threatening but he could not travel, he was banned from travelling.”

Very much a love or hate figure; or perhaps a love to hate figure, King has seemingly been around the sport of boxing forever. Arguably the most successful boxing promoter ever, as well as the single most controversial boxing promoter the sport has ever seen and maybe will see, King is a figure everyone has an opinion on. Far less active these days compared to when he was seemingly promoting a huge card every month, in many locations around the globe, King is still a man who is instantly recognised and talked about.

For some, it will not be a day of mourning when King passes away, for others it will be so. King certainly has his critics, and with good reason, yet the former numbers runner turned flamboyant promoter will be missed by some when he does leave us. As of right now, King is stable in hospital and as Sulaiman said, his condition is not life-threatening.

[joshj909]

[Noxy]

He’s still active? When did he last do anything?

[watsupdoc87]

Probably come back stronger the cancerous fornicate

[Ruthless-RKO]

He’s still active? When did he last do anything?

He gifted the WBA belt to Dubois

[Noxy]

He did and all. That had slipped my mind.

[tiny_acres]

King could easily be considered the most evil promoter in history. But the guy put on some of the best cards in history. Nothing worthwhile in decades but he did put on some great fights

[Fightdoctor]

Bob Arum is just as evil as Don King. Two sides of the same coin.

[milpool]

He’s still active? When did he last do anything?

He gifted the WBA belt to Dubois

[Noxy]

Bob Arum is just as evil as Don King. Two sides of the same coin.

Who would you rather sign with? Easy call for me (Arum)

[DrDuke]

'Prayers for Don' from Sulaiman? These two b1tches gotta die in pain.

[Monzon83]

He's a convicted double-murderer. Why are we even bothered about his health?

The guy was a stain on humanity and no amount of great fight cards can change that. Let him rot.

[RScarf1]

The last major world title fight that I can recall Don King promoted was in 2009. Vic Darchinyan vs. Joseph Agbeko for the IBF bantamweight title was the main event. It was in Sunrise, Florida and I attended.

[Thomastearns]

'Prayers for Don' from Sulaiman? These two b1tches gotta die in pain.

Boxing is a tough mean sport and no doubt you don't get to the top by being nice but both of these bastards could have found something to put back if they'd tried.

They didn't.

In King's favour it is quite true that he did put on some great fights.

I guess the money and power got to him so bad that they became an end in themselves, and not the means.