Don King

...crown diminished by the sanctioning of an interim title fight, Haye promoter Oscar de la Hoya said. In response to rival promoter Don King's claim that the WBA had agreed to an interim title bout, de la Hoya said in a statement released...

In this article: David Haye, World Boxing Association, Oscar De La Hoya, John Ruiz, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and Ruslan Chagaev

Don King tries to check David Haye's pursuit of the Klitschko brothers • Promotor tells Brit he may have to face little-known Australian • Kali 'Checkmate' Meehan stopped by Danny Williams in 2001 David Haye holds up his WBA...

In this article: David Haye, WBA, Danny Williams, John Ruiz, Nikolai Valuev, and Ruslan Chagaev

...convention in Colombia last week, entertaining offers from promoters. While he and Ruiz carefully avoided casting aspersions at Don King, it seemed clear enough that his future plans do not include the World's Greatest Promoter. "It...

In this article: Manny Pacquiao, WBA, John Ruiz, Jermain Taylor, New York, Miguel Cotto, and Yuri Foreman

...like to note that my American promoter Don King was opposed to me fighting David Haye," Valuev wrote. "In fact, Don King was upset when he learned that I had agreed to fight Haye." "My German co-promoters [Sauerland Event] did not inform...

In this article: Nikolai Valuev, David Haye, Allegation, WBO, WBA, Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali Klitschko, and Germany

...his title at the O2 Arena, which is just a few miles away from the streets where Haye grew up. It looks like John Ruiz - Don King's veteran former champion - will be in the opposite corner for Haye's first defence. and that, according to...

In this article: David Haye, Nikolai Valuev, Business partner, WBA, John Ruiz, Oscar De La Hoya, Lennox Lewis, and O2 Arena

...simultaneously in the United States, could earn the new champion upwards of GBP5m. The tough but dull American, part-managed by Don King, who was at ringside in Nuremberg on Saturday night, is a mandatory challenger, having stepped aside...

In this article: David Haye, John Ruiz, WBA, Vitali Klitschko, Derek Chisora, David Price, and Tyson Fury

Haye can win but needs staying power Don King in a duffle coat in a provincial German shopping mall. You could almost see it in his hair: "Where in the name of Muhammad Ali did it all go wrong?" In common with television chef Gary...

In this article: David Haye, Nikolay Valuev, WBA, Carl Thompson, John Ruiz, Evander Holyfield, Henry Cooper, and Monte Barrett

...me 'Please ask Nikolai to take care of David Haye's dirty mouth'. " So blurted one Pavel Govzman, an associate of Valuev's co-promoter Don King here. Clearly, he's learnt the art of hype from his electric-haired pal but you knew what he was...

In this article: Nikolai Valuev, David Haye, Brothers Grimm, Sky Box Office, and Reuters

The retaliation against Haye's previous barbs against Valuev came from Pavel Govzman, a consultant to promoter Don King, who claimed he had found support for the Russian to be extremely strong in America. "There is a huge interest in...

In this article: David Haye, Nikolay Valuev, Sky Box Office, WBA, and Twitter

It stands to reason Don King would invoke the memory of the "Rumble in the Jungle," another late-October boxing match, in hyping Saturday's show at Treasure Island on the Strip. The "Rumble," which matched George Foreman against Muhammad...

In this article: Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Treasure Island, Las Vegas, WBA, and Jose Alfaro