Donald Trump and Boxing

By Mauricio Sulaimán
President of the WBC – Son of José Sulaimán

What happened this Saturday in Pennsylvania, United States, shook the entire world in many ways. Donald Trump, former US President and current Presidential candidate, suffered an assassination attempt during a campaign event which he miraculously survived.

An attack of this ghastly nature is of great concern; This has not happened in our neighboring country since 1981, when the then President Ronald Reagan, was shot and seriously wounded. It is unthinkable that even in 2024 this could happen. It is deeply worrying to see how the society we live in is fractured, how social networks are sewing seeds of discord. The violent world in which we live in seems to have no limits.

Our moral, principles and values are constantly challenged and the level of indifference is worrysome. How is it possible that it crosses the minds of many that this was somehow a staged act resulting from a political strategy? It just can’t be! How can anyone entertain that belief ! A human being was shot at in front of thousands and multi million watched on live television. A person died from this cowardly attack and still people try to redirect the attention towards politics and people create memes to laugh about an incident which could have changed the history of our world as we know it.

The World Boxing Council sends its best wishes to Donald Trump, his family and friends and to all the people of a great nation, The United States of America.

Donald Trump is a valued member of the boxing community, in addition to being a great fan of our sport, he became a promoter in the 80s and 90s. His partnership with Don King was highly successful, and it was precisely what led him out of multiple financial problems that he suffered in those years.

Mike Tyson fought five times under Trump´s promotion at the Trump Plaza, just when he was the great world champion and considered the most feared fighter on the planet. Julio César Chávez also showed his exceptional greatness in Atlantic City, and many more champions managed to make this venue a prime destination of world boxing for a number of glorious years.

There and back then, Donald Trump was seen as very active in the press conferences, weigh-ins and in the ring, alongside Don King.

Boxing owes Donald Trump tremendous gratitude for one of the most important acts in the history of sport, in relation to justice, inclusion and categorical rejection of racial discrimination.

World champion Jack Johnson was the first black boxer to be crowned in the heavyweight division, at the beginning of the 20th century, when he won the title in Australia. Subsequently, the fight that would define his final destiny took place. His challenger, James Jeffries, was a former world champion, brought out of retirement to face Johnson, and nicknamed “The Great White Hope”. As it was a must that the heavyweight title returned to white supremacy. Legendary promoter Tex Rickard built a stadium to hold the fight there, and the great expectation was that white would beat black.

Quite the opposite happened. Jack Johnson gave Jeffries a systematic, comprehensive drubbing, which precipitated the fury of the audience, and led to race riots throughout the country, which claimed many lives of black people. Discrimination was brutal and prevalent back then, especially in the South of the United States, where it was deeply and malignantly rooted.

The champion infuriated many white people, because far from repressing himself and acting with restraint, he used his power and fame to proudly proclaim himself. He dressed flamboyantly, drove luxurious cars, flaunted his success and his women were all white.

In 1913 he was tried and sentenced to a year in prison; His crime was driving a car in the company of a white woman, precisely his wife, and crossing from one state to another. He had to flee the country, and upon his return, five years later, he was imprisoned and stripped of all his property. Johnson died destitute in 1946, and considered a criminal by American law.

Many attempts were made over the decades, under the leadership of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and others, to right, correct, rectify and redress a grievous wrong, due to foul racism, with the absolute and unconditional support of the WBC. The objective was to achieve a Presidential pardon, and clear the name of the great champion. The petition passed through the Senate, and was on the desks of Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, but none of them granted a pardon.

A final supreme attempt occurred in 2018, when the WBC sent the request for a pardon, and on this occasion, Sylvester Stallone personally took up the case with passion and steadfast determination. It was on May 24, 2018 that Donald Trump granted a Presidential pardon to Jack Johnson, and he presented the certificate to Jack’s Great, Great Niece Linda Haywood ( RIP ) , at an historic event in the Oval Office of the White House.

We are close to the start of the most important sporting event in the world: the Olympic Games. Boxing is one of the original sports, and has been part of the modern Olympic program since 1904. Due to mismanagement by the International Federation in charge of Olympic boxing, it is at risk of being excluded from Los Angeles 2028.

AIBA, now called IBA, has already been expelled by the IOC, and boxing does not have representation before this body. The newly created group, World Boxing, is doing everything possible to obtain recognition from the IOC, and thus save our sport as far as the Olympic Games are concerned.

The only thing missing to achieve this recognition is reaching the affiliation of a minimum of 50 countries. Many, including Mexico, have not yet affiliatted with WB, which is inexplicable, because if it is not possible to have a federation within the IOC, unless it is formally constituted as per the IOC requirements . If boxing is excluded from the Olympic Games, then the national boxing federations will cease to exist.

Our country will take four boxers to Paris. Two men and two women. Our hope and our dream is alive of achieving medal glory, because whenever there is a Mexican in the ring they compete with their heart and soul.

DID YOU KNOW…?

Boxing was for many years the sport with the most medals for Mexico. In the last six Olympic Games, we have only won two, and now diving is the leader in the medal table.

TODAY’S ANECDOTE

My father, José Sulaimán, was crucial in achieving the partnership between Don King and Donald Trump. Don Jose always advised those who sought him out asking for advise. This was the case with many boxing promoters and on several occasions he told us about one particular episode. “Don was at the pinnacle of glory, Mike Tyson who was a gold mine, had television contracts like no one else and Las Vegas gave Don very lucrative guarantees to promote shows there.

One day he told me that someone named Donald Trump was offering him a partnership with very attractive conditions, but that he decided not to do it, because he was very comfortable in Las Vegas and things were going very well for him. I told him not to be rude, to take the offer from Atlantic City and thus, since there was competition, Las Vegas would then come back with greater proposal. So it happened, when Don King finally returned to Las Vegas,it was with the largest contract in history with Mike Tyson.

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    • I don’t even look at his blubberings. I don’t care what his opinions are, and I’m sure he feels the same way about me. Does he own this place or what?

    • Much of the blame here is Fightnews enabling Sillyman to publish this crap on a weekly basis on their website. Yes, Fightnews is the enabler.

  • What the hell Mr.Suluiman need talking about politicians he need close mouth and stop kiss a…

  • They put him on trial. So they should be put on trial as well. Hopefully they will be prosecuted for their actual crimes. They attacked, and people should fight back. Over the recent few years, the entire world has witnessed their evil deeds. No unitarian conformity to help them evade justice. Every single one of them should pay. Leave them penniless and without shoes.

  • When Sulaiman attacked the young man who dared to defy the cabal, all the useful idiots lustfully dogpiled. You loved when he made his public statements then. Now you want to silence Sulaiman. Now you turn your crosshairs against Sulaiman. Same way you are ridiculing your shooter useful idiot comrade for “missing” the other day.

    • ETK19 – In my case i wasn’t ridiculing him for what he just said above. I didn’t even read it. Maybe i even agree with what he said today, don’t know. I just don’t like seeing the long winded musings of one of the main administrators of corrupt boxing up there all the time.

  • Suliman you’re a sellout, F you. You don’t represent the boxing community nor the Hispanic.

  • Mauricio isn’t a bad writer. I just don’t agree with him on a lot of things. However, I must confess, I do read his lengthy posts. And as for Trump, I thought he was a good boxing promoter back in the day; he & Don King worked well together.

  • Trump is a fake, he used WWE blood, the whole thing was staged. Trump is a draft dodger and a chicken hawk, a child rapist.

    • Stupid comment, Carlos. That was NOT faked, genius. He has the ear wound to prove it and furthermore people DIED! I mean seriously, how unintelligent can you get??

    • “Trump is a fake, he used WWE blood, the whole thing was staged.”
      – This comment wins the “Idiot Post of the Day” award……….

    • TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME ALERT…
      from a perpetually miserable imbecile.

  • Maybe there needs to be more statements like this. This man was not talking politics, but rather an era where Trump contributed to our sport. An era I remind you that everyone on here loved with Tyson destroying everyone in site. Yet, you guys looked at it as him kissing butt or being a sellout. I rarely read his articles, but I saw the title and said why not. A man was shot by a nut. This same man has been persecuted beyond anything imaginable because of his beliefs. We define boxers all the time as those that weather the storm, get up when knocked down, and fight till the end no matter if they are winning or losing. I don’t know about you, but politics or not Donald Trump is a fighter in every sense of the word. He embodies the traits of the perfect fighter, yet he fights for Americans not a paycheck. I’m sure I will get the usual no love, but who cares. Good day.

    • @Killa King Anyone with half a brain would agree with this. I’m not American, but British of immigrant parents and if you look at this objectively, you can see regardless of his personality, he is a fighter. I agree with you 100%.

      • Jason, I appreciate your response. You pointed out the problem: half a brain. There are people on here with no brain. One guy on here said it was faked? Another wrote that suliman is a sellout and doesn’t represent Hispanics? Others completely bypassed the fact that this man was writing a boxing story as a tribute to a man that they are trying to eliminate in many different ways. Like him or hate him, he has not done anything remotely close to deserve this treatment. Again, appreciate the thumbs up! Good day.

      • fuck off back across the pond. If you had half a brain you wouldn’t knowingly type out what you did. It’s not personality. It’s humanity. Your words of encouragement are dangerous. You should be quiet. Double duck tape your mouth until you have intelligent words to use. I shouldn’t have to explain to you and your associates why you sound so ignorant.

          • It’s called a nickname for when I used to fight. It says a lot about my style. Ok, josh!

          • I respect any man that laces up…but what I cannot respect is any man that respects a feckless punk like donald trump. I won’t even capitalize his name. You were talking about third world? You like facts. Define third world. I would love to hear your thoughts on how you define third world versus what you obviously think is first world. Merica. It is not his world. It is not their world. It is not my world. It is our world. Collectively. Your boy Trump thinks it’s his world. And everyone else has the pleasure of visiting. He gives two shits about you.

          • Well, well. I really do not need your respect, nor will I go to seek it out. I could care less if you like Trump or not, it’s quite obvious you don’t and if I recall you said you wished the nut that shot at him didn’t miss. So, that alone makes you a worthless punk, but in the spirit of our beloved constitution, it’s your right. A third world country is a country without laws, policies, morals. A country that the government controls everything, you have no free speech, no right to bear arms, no rights period. A place where your thoughts or words can be deemed a weapon and you are silenced either by imprisonment or death. Yet, you have committed no crime, you didn’t threaten anyone or incite others to commit crime. In a third world, you cannot protest. Laws are not enforced. The government regularly makes people disappear. Sounds kinda like our current administration. Statements you have made in previous posts are not tolerated in a third world. Your disdain for America suggests either you are not from this country or you hate this country you live in. That’s your problem. You need to go to one of these countries I spoke about and maybe you will see what I’m talking about. Doubt it. You take freedom for granted. A typical response from someone who has had everything handed to them for their entire life. You can vote anyway you want, that’s your right, another luxury of a democracy, but when you do if you want to show any type of respect it’s those that fought for that right to do so. Somehow I feel that you have no respect for yourself, so why would you respect others. Good day.

  • This is one of the better articles by Mr. Suliman I have read. TRUMP 2024.

      • that’s because most things in the country was closed down, and half the people were out of jobs or working from home. there was no place to drive to !! that’s why they lowed the prices-it’s called supply and demand !!

  • John Johnson, Buster Douglas’ manager, is absolutely obsessed with hating Trump. The guy made $millions off Buster Douglas, and now he puts up dozens of anti-Trump posts daily on his Facebook page. Very bizarre!

  • Hopefully, Trump will disband the criminal boxing sanctioning bodies and ‘Make Boxing Great Again (MBGA).

  • I bypassed the article and came straight to the comments. The format is always the same. Bla bla bla, my dad, my dad, my dad, something about history, one did you know and today’s ancedote. All of the effort to be liked is followed by an amazing wave of comments that completely squashes anything in the article.

    Here’s some news:

    I cleaned the cars this weekend both inside and out. I even rain-xed the windows. This morning, it rained on the way to ft. Lauderdale and I don’t have to use my wipers. The rain-x worked like a charm. Would definitely recommend to a friend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    • “The rain-x worked like a charm. Would definitely recommend to a friend.”
      – I always use the windshield wash fluid with the Rain X.
      – Orange in color so you know the difference.
      – Well worth an extra dollar compared to the ordinary blue stuff.
      – The water beads up nicely on your windshield.
      – Take care.
      – Gary G.

      • Gary, you always come through. I appreciate it brother. I’m picking one up this morning. Not being able to see in these monsoon+like rainstorms is not the best experience on the turnpike.

        • Peter:
          – If you are driving thru monsoon-like rainstorms, check your tire tread and make sure you are well-above the tread wear line.
          – Hydroplaning isn’t always fun.
          – Take care.
          – Gary G.

  • – Had another blast at the fights Saturday night in Philly at the Jaron Ennis card..
    – Parked at “The Lakes” for free and walked across Broad Street to the Wells Fargo Center, wife-stoppo in tow.
    – First time there and the place was nice. Huge bar and food areas, and lots of them. Many areas to walk around, stretch your legs, and watch the freak show walk by.
    – Never seen so many thick women dressed two sizes too small, and taking pics of themselves.
    – $17 for a 16ounce draft. Almost I dropped dead. Had 4 each.
    – Seats were outstanding for $100; first elevated section, dead-center behind the ring announcer, 13 rows back.
    – Ticketmaster had $35 2nd level seats which had good views because the place wasn’t that big. Parking at $44 was more expensive than a seat.
    – Saw four solid non-televised undercard bouts with fighters just going at it for four rounds trying to make names for themselves.
    – Crowd appreciated Khalil Coe banging out a quick stoppage.
    – Don’t really favor women’s boxing but Skye Nicolson put on a boxing clinic, without being boring, IMO.
    – Peter Dobson talked a lot of sh%t during the fight build-up, but was easily out-classed.
    – Ennis went in there and did what he had to do. Yes, he got hit a lot.
    – Will Ennis beat Crawford?
    – That’s why you fight the fights, to end the projections, and find out…………..

    • That’s some expensive beer. I would downed two tall cans in the parking lot, brother. Preferably craft beer with that high alcohol content.

  • This was a good post. I actually learned a couple new things to verify with this post. I forgot about the pardon Trump gave for Johnson. Not sure if it was a favor for Sly but it was a standup move to right a wrong. This post might get Trump a few extra votes (and a few less).

  • Trump 2024 . God bless the greatest president the United States has ever had. This man has no fear.

      • Cite your evidence that he is a Nazi. It’s statements like that have caused such extreme hate. Be candid and use facts not because Biden told you so. I was going to comment earlier, but said naw, he must be playing then you do it again, so state your facts. If you have none or you come up with garbage which you will then maybe you will stop posting nonsense.

  • The 3 greatest men to ever grace our planet of their existence are Jesus Christ, Donald Trump, and Moses.

    Joe Biden is a terrible president, and has no business serving a fish sandwich at McDonalds. Cross apply that to bIRAQ oBOMBa (aka Barry Newports), bIRAQ’s husband (Mike), Mattress Harris, Killary, and all other evil people linked to George Soros. Mayorkas belongs in prison. I hope he gets arrested. He is a horrible person.

    Thank you, Mauricio Sulaimán. This article deserves a Pulitzer Prize. Brilliant work. A+. I loved it. I love it.

    • Mattress Harris, I like that one. Going have to borrow that sometime.

      • Oh, look everyone. It’s Artie Libtardo running his fking mouth. Artie, to your chagrin, President Trump will be back in the oval office on January 20th. While Mattress Harris returns to the strip polls, and Joe Bye Done will be sucking his thumb at some geriatric place, crapping in his pants, drinking prune juice.

    • don’t remember jesus or moses having sex with pornstars.
      maybe they just left that part out of the bible ?
      although, it could be in the trump bible that he has been peddling !! lol

      • “it could be in the trump bible that he has been peddling !! lol”
        – The best was peddling those gold sneakers……

    • Let’s see lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, less than half the debt created by Trump, the best economy in world currently, created more than twice the number of jobs than ever did, even if you take out the COVID years. Reduced childhood poverty with the tax credit for kids, has lowest crime rate of any President since Clinton and is on pace have a lower one this year. You may not want to hear it but it’s all factual and you can look it up. Even the stock market is better under Biden than Trump.
      The only thing Trump really has to run on is Biden’s age and the border. Truthfully he really doesn’t have the border, because a border bill would have been passed but Trump told the MAGA clan to vote against it because passing it would hurt his political chances. That’s what we need, a person that puts his personal ambitions before the “safety” of our country.

  • Keep politics away from boxing please. We all know that silly rally was staged hardcore. I mean come on trump screaming like a little lady, “Wait, let me get my shoes first” LOL
    Staged indeed.

  • The standards of Fightnews seemed to of slipped of late. Let’s get back to reporting on boxing news about the boxers,I’m sure there are some better stories about rather than this fellows thoughts!

  • I can’t even read through all your crap. Fuck Trump. And Fuck you for trying to make him a sympathetic character. He literally said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and still not lose any votes. In the immortal words of Malcolm X, the chickens have come home to roost. I’m not afraid to say I wish he didn’t miss. There would be no love lost for a man that grabs them by the pussy and couldn’t care less for his fellow man, woman, dog, or child. Fuck all the way off.

    • “In the immortal words of Malcolm X, the chickens have come home to roost.”
      – The chickens have been home roosting for a long while now.
      – Look what our country has become.
      – We all forget how unified the country was after September 11th (for those old enough to remember).
      – We were proud Americans on 9/11/2001.
      – Not sure what we are these days, other than confused.
      – Thank God I’ll be dead soon………

      • Gary, we sure were. It’s not trendy to like America these days. People in this country do not appreciate what we have and the things we are able to do. Americans in name only.

    • Your first mistake was using another violent extremist as a positive example when he was anything but. Wishing harm on a person, who probably has not harmed you or did anything to you is rather idiotic. No one should want harm to either candidate. We should want as Americans to have this fight handled at the ballot box. Remember, if you care, that people have died to allow you to post your “thoughts.” Given your word choices I doubt any of that matters.

      • Most of what you said was accurate, however Malcolm nor the Nation of Islam were violent “extremist”. They weren’t pacifist, which is very different. They believe in peace, but believe in defending themselves when attacked. You cannot find one incident of violence that was initiated by the NOI, except for the assassination of Malcom X (Malik El Hajj Shabazz) and even that is questionable. Sorry for the history lesson but there’s enough division already based on misinformation.

        • Shaheed, Don’t be sorry for the history lesson, I appreciate knowledge. I don’t know if that was your sarcasm or not. So, I did quick research and what you have said, is true. There is no incident of violence noted in history; however, there were many speeches where Malcolm would advocate violence. Mostly, his thinking was to let his enemies know that they were just as capable of exacting violence as they were. For instance, having a cocked fist doesn’t mean you have to use it. I do not think this is advocating violence, but taking a picture with a gun with a statement by any means necessary? What does that portray? That is a little hard to suggest he was not advocating violence. I don’t think that one portrays anything else. Also read that Malcolm X was at odds with Martin Luther Kings approach of non violence?
          Maybe you could elaborate more on that one. Was Malcolm X an extremist? I will say after reading more, I would say no and for that I am wrong. In his later years prior to his death, he began to believe that all white people were not bad and that all white people were not alike with hatred towards minorities. So, yes, I will acknowledge what some of written was incorrect in regards to Malcolm X. Good day.

          • No sarcasm. I appreciate you actually doing the research! Malcom didn’t necessarily disagree with MLk’s non-violence, he didn’t agree with the turn the other cheek philosophy. He believed if you smack me, I will smack you back, and probably with more force.

            Fun Fact: at their core principles, the NOI are actually conservatives! They believe being self sufficient, family structure, law and order etc.

    • Joshua, I guess you don’t know history. Malcolm x said the most dangerous thing on the face of the planet was liberal Democrats. And then they killed him.

  • — The Sainted Son of Jose mangling history, not to mention the Bridgette Weight Division…and who else to thank?

  • Am I the only person that is tired of Suliman and trying to be involved in EVERYTHING? How about shutting up and just focusing on cleaning up the corruption in the WBC?

  • And people have died because of others thoughts as well, Killa King. See how that works? Shall I provide receipts?

    • Don’t change what I said. Meaning people have died for that guy to post his thoughts. Read it again. If you are so inclined please provide your ” receipts.” Try posting that in a communist country or a third world country. He couldn’t. Better yet, try posting some of the garbage you write. Now, provide your receipts.

  • What does a 78 year old, 300 LB, 5 deferment draft dodger like Trump know about boxing?

  • Malcolm X often criticized white liberals, accusing them of being deceitful and unreliable allies to the African American community. One of his most famous statements on this topic is:

    “The white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man. Let me explain what I mean by the white liberal. In America, there is no such thing as a Democrat or a Republican anymore. In America, you have liberals and conservatives. The white liberals are those who have perfected the art of selling themselves to the Negro as a friend of the Negro, getting sympathy of the Negro, getting the allegiance of the Negro, and getting the mind of the Negro. Then the Negro sides with the white liberal, and the white liberal uses the Negro against the white conservative, so that anything that the Negro does is never for his own good, never for his own advancement, never for his own progress. He’s only a pawn in the hands of the white liberal.”

    This quote reflects Malcolm X’s belief that white liberals often used African Americans for their own political gain without genuinely addressing the systemic issues facing the black community.

  • I don’t know how anyone could vote for the disgusting democrats and their weird homo pedo agenda. Anyone who supports that party shouldn’t be trust around kids.

    TRUMP 2024!

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