Who received a reported $25 million for a 1995 boxing match that lasted 89 seconds?
Don King (boxing promoter) never paid a stipulated $100,000 for his training expenses and instead was billed $150 a day for using King's training camp. Carl King again received 50% of his purse, despite Don King Productions falsely claiming he had only been paid 33%. HBO paid King $1,700,000 for Witherspoon to fight Frank Bruno. Witherspoon got a purse of $500,000, but received only $90,000 after King's deductions. Carl King received $275,000. In 1987 Witherspoon sued King for $25 million in damages. He eventually settled for $1 million out of court. Former undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson has described King, his former
One in a Million (Aaliyah album) Hankerson, Aaliyah's uncle, obtained a distribution deal with Jive Records, he signed her to his Blackground Records label at the age of 12. He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as the lead songwriter and producer for her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number". The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA, and it sold three million copies in the United States and six million copies worldwide. For promotion of the album, Aaliyah embarked on a world tour that lasted from 1994 to 1995, she toured throughout the US, Europe, Japan and