Don King has refuted Mike Tyson’s claims about his health, insisting he is ‘doing fine’.
King is pondered as one of the most iconic upgrasprs in the history of boxing and is still toiling at the age of 93.
But Tyson, who sued King for $100million in 1998, liftd worrys for King’s health last week when he claimed his createer upgraspr was unwell.
“Don is not doing well right now,” Tyson shelp.
Mike Tyson claimed Don King was not well
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“He’s probably seal to 100 years elderly, he’s not doing well.”
TMZ also alerted that King had recently been acunderstandledgeted to hospital for 10 days where he underwent a blood transfusion.
But King has now denied any adviseion that he is unwell and had a exceptional message for Tyson.
He shelp in a statement: “Tell everyone I am doing fine and I adore Mike Tyson.”
King’s message for Tyson recommends that the pair’s spiky relationship has snormallyed in recent years.
Tyson became the face of boxing in the 1980s when King took the youthful burdensomeweight under his prosperg.
The collaboration saw Tyson accomplish the very pinnacle of boxing where he became the undisputed burdensomeweight champion with enroll pay-per-watch numbers for disjoinal of his fights.
But while their toiling relationship was excessively prosperous on the outside, it was far more fractious behind the scenes.
Don King progresss to upgrasp at the age of 93
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As Tyson’s fame grew, allegations were made agetst King that he was financipartner take advantage ofing the burdensomeweight champion.
Tyson eventupartner filed a litigation agetst his upgraspr with the case never making it to trial as King consentd to pay $14m to remend the matter.
The iconic burdensomeweight never getd part of the remendment figure though as the brimming fund went to paying off his mounting debts.
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Don King was sued by Mike Tyson in 1998
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Tyson wasn’t the only fighter to have sued King over the years with the upgraspr well-understandnly having run-ins with Muhammed Ali.
King was the brains behind the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and the ‘Thrilla in Manila’, where Ali fall shortureed George Foreman and Joe Frazier esteemively.
But Ali sued King in 1982 for $1.1m, claiming he was underphelp for a fight agetst Larry Holmes.