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King seeks venue for card after investor check bounces

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Promoter Don King needs a place to hang his hat, and he needs it quickly. The verbose High-Haired One was at the Miami Arena in South Florida Thursday to announce a Feb. 3 card featuring three world title bouts. The problem, however, is that the fights probably won't take place there because a $500,000 check from an unnamed private investor working with the arena to help bankroll the card bounced on Wednesday, King announced at the news conference. The bounced check has left King looking for ...

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