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Julio Cesar Chavez revealed an unpleasant anecdote with promoter Don Kingwho assured that he would have taken away the amount of $700,000 dollars for an alleged insurance that never came and for which the Mexican legend ended up testifying against the businessman born in Cleveland, all this despite the fact that they were friends and spent a lot of time working together.
“The fucking old man cheated on me, I was going to fight in Las Vegas and he always bought insurance for the fighters in case they get hurt or before the fight, and I suffered a cut before going into the ring and he said that he had gifted $700,000, but never received it everí”, said Julio César Chávez in an interview for the program only with Adeleled by Adela Micha.
Legal confrontation between Julio César Chávez and Don King
This fact provoked a subsequent legal confrontation between both parties and in which Julio César Chávez ended up testifying against the promoter who is now 91 years old. This fact caused Don King’s anger against the former monarch of the world according to his own words. “I had to testify against Don King, so the old man got mad at me and then he gave me a fucking smackdown.”, said.
The revenge of Don King and Julio César Chávez without rancor
Thanks to this event, the friendship between Don King and Julio César Chávez had a great breakdown, however the controversial promoter would continue to represent the Mexican and according to the former boxer, he would have harmed him before a fight, causing him to fall defeated. “In a fight the old man dehydrated me, in Phoenix, Arizona. We were in court, but the fight had already been announced, so before going into the ring they gave me a drink, a liquid that dehydrated me.”, he pointed.
“I sweated pour, pour, before going up to fight and him sitting watching me dehydrate. I didn’t go out to fight until I went to the bathroom about 10 times, he told me: “Are you ready? Let’s go fight” and when I went up, I was fineChavez reaffirmed.
It should be noted that Don King is one of the most recognized promoters in the history of world boxing, however he has also been noted for various scandals and legal problems. Julio César Chávez recognized that situations like this are repeated in boxing, which is why he does not hold a grudge against the businessman.
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