“I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD 50 YEARS AGO”
Jun 30, 2022
4 minutes
Photo: DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
DON KING has been involved in some of the greatest nights in history. New York. Las Vegas. The Thrilla in Manilla. Rumble in the Jungle. The Hall-of-Fame promoter has put together over 500 title fights.
It’s fair to say, however, that Daniel Dubois against Trevor Bryan in a barely full, run-down Miami casino won’t be etched into his own folklore.
It won’t be recalled by many others with much fondness now other than a triumphant Dubois.
Yet if this is to be the 90-year-old King’s last tilt at glory, it was quite a sad way to bow out.
A dilapidated venue, creaking like the old boy is
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