Legendary boxing promoter King Dom was recently hospitalized with health problems… spent over a week receiving treatment at a local facility, TMZ Sports confirmed.
Mike Tyson — who worked with King for nearly two decades — first revealed the development during an interview with Cam’ron and Mase on this week’s “It Is What It Is” podcast… when asked about his current relationship with his former prosecutor.
“You know, Don’s not doing well right now,” the 58-year-old boxer said Friday. “He’s probably close to 100 years old, he’s not doing well.”
We reached out to our sources at DK for more information… and were told he’s not in the best shape health-wise: he was hospitalized for 10 days and received a blood transfusion.
He is now at home recovering.
Tyson and King, 93, had a feud back in the day — he sued King for $100 million in 1998, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars. The lawsuit was settled out of court for $14 million… and Mike then cut ties with Don in the early 2000s.
But on Friday, as he reflected on everything they’ve been through… Tyson said it was a valuable lesson.
“I think Don King pretty much educated me,” Tyson said of the financial situation. “That will never happen again.”
“It’s an experience — so it won’t happen again. Now you go into life with an experience so it won’t happen again. Maybe something else but that’s it It won’t happen again.”
King has worked with many sports legends including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Roberto Duran, Bernard Hopkins and more.
He is also famous for organizing “The Rumble in the Jungle” and “Thrilla in Manila” fights between Ali and Foreman — some of the greatest fights in boxing history.
Get well soon, Don!