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in (a
light-skinned black man so King
described him as "Corrie with a
tan") wore a golfing outfit complete
with driver in one hand.
Here with are some of the quotes
that even DK's pr guru, Reno Alan
Hopper, did not catch. BTW, they
might've labeled this the Unofficial
Shelly Finkel Roast as everyone on
the dais, save the White Wolf camp,
ripped Wladimir Klitschko's adviser
to verbal shreds.
There were, as you might guess,
numerous puns about Likahovich, who
came off the deck to outpoint
Brewster being more of a lamb than a
true white wolf.
I asked Briggs if he felt like
Denzel Washington in 'Training Day,"
when as a rogue narcotics detective
Denzel asked his new partner if he
"was a lamb or a wolf?"
"He is a lamb, not a wolf," Briggs
said. "And I will chop the lamb up
in Phoenix."
Briggs' manager, former Internet
mogul Scott Hirsch, was one of those
who tarred and feathered Finkel in
explaining why Team Briggs bolted a
proposed but never delivered
November 11 deal to challenge IBF
champ Klitschko.
We had 10 weeks of tomorrows,"
Hirsch said. "We learned not to
tinkle with Finkel."
So, from this boss scribe's weary
left hand, here is King and the cast
on subjects ranging from A to Z:
King On Trying To Sign Calvin Brock:
"I met with him and his daddy,
Calvance Brock. The daddy said they
could go get them some money
(fighting Klitschko). I said, 'Then
go get you some money.' Brock is
just a fill-in. We got the real
champion and the real contenders.
All they got is pretenders."
On Trickery In Boxing: "This game is
predicated on lies. I had Earnie
Shavers and Teddy Brenner from the
(Madison Square) Garden called me.
He wanted Shavers to fight Jimmy
Ellis. I sweated Teddy out. I told
him Shavers was running with girls,
not training. But he was a
methodical trainer. So we went and
beat Ellis and lost to Quarry. It's
a funny business."
On Senator McCain: "Yeah...George
McCain...I got George Walker Bush on
the brain. It's John McCain."
On How Briggs Was Dealt With By
Finkster: "Briggs was left standing
at the altar. He was 24 hours away
from signing with Finkel but they
hurt Shannon's pride and dignity.
But prevention is better than the
cure so he signed with me."
Hirsch On Liakhovich and Briggs: "I
think this is the true clash of top
heavyweights. And we want to fight
the best. Shannon has 11 straight
KOs and 29 first round KOs."
Briggs on Liakhovich's shiny new
suit: "That's a nice suit, black or
blue. I am going to bury his ass in
that suit. I'm stuttering. I'm
excited. I'm pissed."
King On His Video Presentation:
"It's satirical splendor. The real
deal is right here. Wladimir is weak
in the heart and soft in the chin.
You can't change that unless you get
Dr. Baker (he meant Dr, Michael
DeBakey, famed heart transplant
expert) to change that."
King On Rapping Klitschko-Brock
Event: "I would not be one to
disparage another man's promotion
but I will tell the truth. We got
the best contender."
DK On Stealing Lightweight Champ
Juan Diaz When Golden Boy Figured It
Had Him Locked Down: "HBO and Golden
Boy thought they captured Juan. Dan
Rafael from ESPN, he wrote all about
it. But the Fat Lady had not sung
yet. I gave the Fat Lady some cream
puffs. She loves cream puffs. I went
from soup to nuts and ice cream,
too. It was resilience. It was
sticktoitiveness. You got to say we
will not lose. We will win."
King On Running Feud With WBO
president Paco Valcarcel: "We were
(at a fight) in Germany and he told
me, 'You will get out of the arena.'
Here we are, a Puerto Rican and a
black guy, and he is telling me what
I can and cannot do in Germany.
Lamon Brewster had Luan Krasniqi out
two times. It was irrefutable but
(German promoter) Petrer Kohl was
yelling to the ref, 'Don't stop it.
Don't stop it.'"
DK On Nut Job Andrew Golota: "I
don't think they like Golota in New
York. Maybe it's because he caused a
riot (at the Garden) in New York. We
forgive but we don't forget in New
York."
DK On Dealing German Promoter Kohl
in The Fatherland: "Peter Kohl...he
used every Gestapo method known to
man in Brewster versus Klitschko."
King On Why Fighters Should Never
'Tinkle With Finkel': "This
(Klitschko-Brock) is a figment of
Shelly Finkel's imagination. When
you sign with Finkel,. it is the
beginning of the end. (With Briggs)
Finkel played a game. They were so
humiliated. They were so
embarrassed. I told Scott Hirsch,
'You fly that G-5 (plane) out here.
Like the will of the wisp, I
snatched the possible out of the
impossible. I was back in action.
The pain (from a kidney stone) it
went away."
King On Why All Roads Lead To The
Giant Nickolai Valuev: "I took
Valuev to New York and he picked up
the Empire State Building. I took
Valuev to Chicago and my big guy
picked up the Sears Tower. People
could not believe it. We were up on
the Sky Deck, my highest press
conference ever, at 108 floors up. I
took the big guy to the UN. That's
globalization."
On Valuev Again, Can He Really
Fight: "It's an oddity, because
people say, 'Is he real or is he
Memorex?' He is the only one of the
world champions who can capture the
public imagination. He has a chance
of being a Mike Tyson or a Muhammad
Ali. He is the key and the
catalyst."
King on Liakhovich's Skills: "He
took one knee against Lamon
Brewster. He is intelligent and so
he took one knee. Then Sergei came
back and tore into Lamon Brewster's
ass like it was stormy weather. This
fight (with Briggs) is Red November,
the White Wolf Hunt. This is the
only fight for November."
Lead In To His Lecture At
Gallagher's: "No hyperbole, no over
exaggeration. But done with levity
and most informative."
Introducing Trainer Kenny Weldon:
"He is a man for all season and for
all reasons. It's manhood, it's not
black and it's not white. It is
manhood."
Briggs Crosstalking With Weldon At
Podium: "He (Liakhovich) is gonna
get his ass kicked. I'm a fighter,
not a boxer.”
King On The Four Heavyweight Champs:
"All these guys is playing musical
chairs. But Briggs was the linear
champ from beating George Foreman."
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