After he ended his relationship with BLK Prime Boxing, Adrien Broner, the former WBA champion signed with promoter Don King. Among others, Don King is widely known for promoting Mike Tyson and the likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Durán, and Evander Holyfield. Mike Tyson and Don King developed a relationship in 1986; and by 1998 by accusing Don King of stealing a significant part of the financial gain that Tyson made in boxing, ‘Kid Dynamite’ decided to sue the promoter for $100 million while giving rise to one of the most talked-about controversies in Heavyweight boxing.

Don King is currently 91 years old and rarely promotes fighters in boxing. In what Mike Coppinger of ESPN called a “prepared statement”, Don King declared to provide the people with what they wanted after the Broner deal. While King called himself the world’s greatest boxing promoter, he branded Broner as “the bad boy of boxing”. The promoter, who now only offered matches on pay-per-view, is excited to have Broner who looks forward to winning a world title and defending the same in the ring.

Boxing world reacts as Adrien Broner signs with Don King

After a source named SAY CHEESE! tweeted the news of Adrien Broner signing with Don King several fans from the community of boxing reacted to it. While some could not believe that Don King was still promoting, others wondered about Broner’s future inside the ring. Here is what they are saying. A user named Petty Pablo could hardly believe that Don King was “still promoting fighters in 2023“.

Meanwhile, Eng Yusuf spoke about Don King at the age of 91 motivating him.

@cakedagreat commented by saying, “Don King still doing business when will y’all learn“.

However, @AaronTHADON felt there might as well be an exhibition match between Broner and King.

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On the other end, @LexAnderson_WS advised Broner to save the money left in his hand with respect to the controversies regarding Don King.

Finally, Senator R33se spoke about seeing Adrien Broner who recently surprised fans with his 5 months of sobriety back in the ring.

What do you make of Adrien Broner signing with promoter Don King? In addition, what do you have to say about Broner’s future in the world of boxing? Let us know in the comments below.

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