Don claims he's going to be the promoter to unify the heavyweight championship. Do you thinks he's blowing smoke up every boxing fan's *ss or is this really going to happen?
In theory more "champions per division" more money. He takes credit for unifying the middleweight title when B Hop was undisputed champ. But it was B Hop's desire to unify the titles that was the real catalyst behind that divisions unification. Do today's heavyweight "champions" have that same desire?
2007-04-06 05:29:15 · 8 answers · asked by Brent 5 in Sports ➔ Boxing
great point Brad.
2007-04-07 02:40:35 · update #1
What does it matter? Once the titles are unified, guaranteed, within a year they'll be split again.
2007-04-06 15:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In theory, a unified heavyweight boxing champ would also get more people interested in boxing again and thus set up bigger fights to make more money. Don King's all about money, so I'm sure he'll go for it even if temporarily.
Of course, I'm in line with the thinking of most fans that there isn't anyone out there capable of dominating the division. All I know is Don King is doing whatever he can to make sure that if anyone does end up unifying the heavyweight championship, he'll at least have options on the guy and will be ready to take full credit.
2007-04-07 17:52:03 · answer #2 · answered by Flif 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think if King had a Heavyweight that everyone was dying to see, and could capture the public's imagination like he had in Mike Tyson in the mid 80's, then he would be trying to unify just like he did back then. He knew Mike would be an even bigger draw as undisputed champion.But with the division being what it is today, he's not in a hurry to have a unification series just yet. He's going to milk these guys as seperate champs as long as he can get by with it. And these guys don't seem to be willing to do what it takes to get in the ring with each other. First there was talk of a Wladimir Klitschko-Oleg Maskaev bout, but that fell through, then a proposed Klitschko-Nikolai Valuev match fizzled out rather quickly, so it makes you wonder if these guys really have the desire to face each other. It seems like they don't in my opinion, maybe they will sooner or later.
2007-04-06 11:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by Pancho 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One problem with Don King saying he is going to unify the title: there are 4 champions and how many is he the manager of?
Valuev--is managed by Wilfried Sauerland (who had to team up with Don King to promote a few of Valuev's fights as agreed if Valuev beat Ruiz...but now King is out of the picture)
Wladimir Klitschko is not managed by King either
I really dont know who manages Briggs and Maskaev. either way, i suspect briggs will lose to Ibragimov (Golden Boy) on June 2 and Maskaev will lose to Samuel Peter or Vitali Klitschko (neither is managed by King)
So, unless Lamon Brewster has a comeback fight versus Wladimir (which is being rumored by Dan Rafael of ESPN), Ruiz, and Rahman comeback strong...I dont see King unifying the titles.
However, I do predict at least one unification bout by the end of this year.
2007-04-06 14:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by kevinm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple truth is the vampires make more money off multiple champions with multiple belts in the same division, and Don is Dracula to all the other bloodsuckers. Pancho is right, Don is going to get his, regardless of how it plays out.
2007-04-06 16:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the champs want to unify the belts. (most do anyway) Think about it. You have the belt, people call you the champ,but there are other guys out there saying the same thing! It must drive those guys crazy.
2007-04-06 06:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mr.Know It All 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hate burgers. notwithstanding the king of kings must be Burger King that's gonna sound stupid, yet they have Whoppers...... The King guy rocks!!!!! He has a on-line sport! how are you going to compete with that!
2016-11-26 22:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by briana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BELIEVE DON KING, I 'D RATHER BELIEVE GEORGE BUSH.
2007-04-06 06:37:43 · answer #8 · answered by smitty 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋