Devin Price: Don King is Mayorga's boxing promoter -- Shine Fights is his MMA promoter
by James Kimball on May 5, 2010 2:09 PM EDT
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"The May 15 MMA event Worlds Collide: "Mayorga vs. Thomas" will go forward without a doubt. Shine Fights has a valid and exclusive promotional contract with Ricardo Mayorga for mixed martial arts. We are pleased to offer both MMA fans and boxing fans a great night of MMA action on Saturday, May 15. When we announced this fight I said that we think Mayorga's fans are just that, his fans, and that they will follow him to MMA. Our target is to convert many boxing fans into fans of both sports. We are his MMA promoter."
Shine Fight Promotions CEO Devin Price responded today via a press release to famed boxing promoter Don King's threat that he intended do everything in his power to ensure the May 15 "Worlds Collide" event would not take place as Shine Fights was in breach of an existing contract between Ricardo Mayorga and King. Price reassures MMA fans that the main event between Mayorga and former UFC fighter Din Thomas will indeed go on as planned citing the fact that Shine Fights is Mayorga's mixed martial arts promoter and Don King is Mayorga's boxing promoter, and with that, no contractual stipulations or terms were violated. But unfortunately, something tells me we haven't heard the last from King on this topic.
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This guy is gonna be sleeping with the fishes
After fucking with Don King.
This won't end well
Don King is a ruthless mother fucker. This is headed to court and Shine Fights is going to have to break out the check book.
i'll bet don king has a heart attack before he can do anything.
he has got to be around 80.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 5, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Only in America!!!! King is a joke.
’’They've done studies you know... 60% of the Time, it works every Time...’’ – Brian Fantana
that is also the face you might see if somebody was having a heart attack.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 5, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Don King is a disgrace
worse than Al Sharp-tongue
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on May 5, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I love how they're labeled
in case you didn’t know which was which
A.B.M.!! - Somos Pocos Pero Locos!
lol!
still not going anywhere...deal with it
At least it will set a precedent...
Depends on how the contract is laid out, but if there are no specific clauses for anything else other than boxing, then Shine Fights may have a shot. But definitely it will make a precedent in boxing contracts to include MMA if the boxer is interested or if he is mismanaged like in this case were Don King hasn’t given a fight to Mayorga for a long time.
by fmx on May 5, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
he's already killed one person
The Pain Train's in full steam ! ABM's look out.
by PSYQO78 on May 5, 2010 2:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t know squat in the legal department but mayorga sould know if his contract(if there is one) is exclusive or not and if not, I don’t see where the foul is. God forbid don king doesn’t get a slice of the pie. Greedy slimeball. I hope he gets poisin ivy on his scrotum
You just get that sucker to the designated place at the designated time, and I will gladly designate his ass... for DISMEMBERMENT!
by salamagogo on May 5, 2010 2:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I've said this since before the announcement of this fight when it was just a rumour.
Mayorga will not step inside that cage. He won’t get armbarred for 20k and some PPV cut. This is a man notorious for holding shows hostage will last minute bullshit and backing out of fights. It’s either this or he will make crazy demands two days out from the fight. The man has gambling, womanizing and drinking habits he needs to support and i say good for him.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on May 5, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
No press is bad press to DKP
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
sorry..hijack..but...
starting to find rampage not as funny as i used to, but his latest twitter was hilarious:
“get the bottom of your feet sponsored son, cause you getting laid out!!”
hilarious
that's definitely
One of those " why didn’t I think of that!?" Quotes
The Pain Train's in full steam ! ABM's look out.
by PSYQO78 on May 5, 2010 2:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We May Be Looking At This All Wrong
He is an entrepreneur first. Yes, he may be a ruthless MFer, mos’ def but we may not be looking at the bigger picture here. His sole vision is the pursuit of dollars, pure and simple. He doesn’t want to stop this fight, he wants to find a way to 1. get his hands on some of that money and 2. find a way to get Don King Productions into MMA and this may be the entrance he was looking for. He is not an idiot. He sees Dana White with an 8 digit bank account and he is wondering how he can get his hands on some of those bucks.
The one thing I have learned in years of business is if you want to find the root of the issue….follow the dollars.
Don King is one of the main peaple to blame for the decline of boxing and lackluster BS fights
Anyone that is a MMA fan shouldn’t want this guy to be part of MMA.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
by Puck Head on May 5, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then again no one can be more attributed for the rise of boxing during the 60s and 70s
than him. No one moves $$$ in the sport like he does. Well not so much anymore
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on May 5, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The negative way out does any positive by far!!
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
The negatives out weigh the.....
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
This has to be a work for publicity.
It would seem like they would’ve looked into this ahead of time. I’m guessing this is just a PR deal to sell more than 250 PPV’s
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
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