I'm not a Catholic although I'm familiar with their concepts of confession and absolution. I'm guessing that Don King is a fan of those out clauses for shady dealings, what with his murder convictions and the dipping into the till of men who beat themselves silly for a few dollars. But when you've got as much blood on your hands as King does, a little extra effort at currying favor with the big fella (and I'm not talking about Ewing) can't hurt. It's even enough to make you change your hairstyle, reports the Washington Post.
Don King got a front row seat at Pope Benedict XVI's general audience Wednesday. The usually flamboyant boxing promoter, wearing a blue suit with his preferred high hair style primly flattened for the papal event, gave the pope a green-and-gold boxing belt and a handwritten letter asking for prayers for people ranging from President Bush to the world's sick and aged.
Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. the Pugnacious Pontiff, is now the WBA Junior Middleweight Champion and will defend the belt against Travis Simms who has promised to play lion to his Christian. You can see all that and more at the big card King's promoting in Rome called Mausoleum at the Colosseum.
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