TYSON KKK FUROR
Tue Jun 4, 3:39 AM ET
By LENN ROBBINS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Boxing promoter Don King lashed out at Mike Tyson, calling the former heavyweight champ, whose fights he once promoted, a poster boy for the Ku Klux Klan.
"He could be a poster boy for the Ku Klux Klan," King told The Post early Sunday. "He is embodiment [of everything the Klan believes about blacks], and he personifies it. So he can be an ad for them to say, ‘See that, see that. I told you.' And everybody laughs like it's something funny."
King was in Atlantic City to see Evander Holyfield win a technical majority decision over Hasim Rahman on Saturday night.
"I would not promote a Tyson-Holyfield fight unless Tyson would go get some help," King said. "I'm willing to say, ‘Give any man a second chance, because they gave me one. But to continue to push this man . . .
"By his own words, he said, ‘I'm not ready for this fight,' " King continued. "He says, ‘I need a couple of more fights before I fight this fight.' Lewis on the other side said, ‘He's a sick puppy. He's a madman. He's mentally unstable and mentally unreliable.' "
King, of course, is hoping to promote a fight between Holyfield and the winner of the Tyson-Lennox Lewis championship fight, which is scheduled for Saturday. Tyson's camp declined to comment on King's remarks. Tyson's advisers have secluded the former champ in an affluent section of Memphis, hoping to avoid any confrontations with fans or media.
Tyson has been engaged in a bitter, ongoing dispute with King. Tyson, who has vowed he'd never again fight on a King fight card, has sued King for taking too much of a cut of their fights. King has countersued.
Tue Jun 4, 3:39 AM ET
By LENN ROBBINS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Boxing promoter Don King lashed out at Mike Tyson, calling the former heavyweight champ, whose fights he once promoted, a poster boy for the Ku Klux Klan.
"He could be a poster boy for the Ku Klux Klan," King told The Post early Sunday. "He is embodiment [of everything the Klan believes about blacks], and he personifies it. So he can be an ad for them to say, ‘See that, see that. I told you.' And everybody laughs like it's something funny."
King was in Atlantic City to see Evander Holyfield win a technical majority decision over Hasim Rahman on Saturday night.
"I would not promote a Tyson-Holyfield fight unless Tyson would go get some help," King said. "I'm willing to say, ‘Give any man a second chance, because they gave me one. But to continue to push this man . . .
"By his own words, he said, ‘I'm not ready for this fight,' " King continued. "He says, ‘I need a couple of more fights before I fight this fight.' Lewis on the other side said, ‘He's a sick puppy. He's a madman. He's mentally unstable and mentally unreliable.' "
King, of course, is hoping to promote a fight between Holyfield and the winner of the Tyson-Lennox Lewis championship fight, which is scheduled for Saturday. Tyson's camp declined to comment on King's remarks. Tyson's advisers have secluded the former champ in an affluent section of Memphis, hoping to avoid any confrontations with fans or media.
Tyson has been engaged in a bitter, ongoing dispute with King. Tyson, who has vowed he'd never again fight on a King fight card, has sued King for taking too much of a cut of their fights. King has countersued.
