“It was not meant to be a championship fight.”
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Don King
Donald King is an American boxing promoter, known for his flamboyant and charismatic style, who was involved in some of the most famous boxing matches in history.
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business · American boxing promoter (born 1931) · entrepreneur · actor · record producer · real estate developer · boxing promoter · also Don King, Donald King, King
Born 20 August 1931 · Q344977
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2026· 5 entries
“Every fighter, including Mike Tyson, came to me after they”
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“I came in; everybody got an opportunity to make a living in America.”
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“It was slanted to show Don in the worst way. It was one-sided from day one, Don is a strong man, but he has been hurt by this.”
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2023· 1 entry
King was announced as the financier of the Bomaye Fight Club in Major League Wrestling
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2016· 1 entry
In April 2016, the city of Cleveland named a section of Shaker Boulevard, located near King's Call and Post newspaper headquarters, the "Don King Way" in honor of King.
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2010· 1 entry
Don King's wife, Henrietta, died on December 2, 2010, at the age of 87.
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1999· 1 entry
King was not indicted, nor did he testify at Lee's trial, though prosecutors reportedly "called him an unindicted co-conspirator who was the principal beneficiary of Lee's machinations
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1998· 3 entries
Tyson sued King for $100 million, alleging that the boxing promoter had cheated him out of millions over a decade
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For the tenth episode of South Park's first season, "Damien", Jesus and Satan are pitted against one another in a boxing match to decide the conflict between good and evil; a character spoofing Don King appears, promotin
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King purchased a Cleveland-based weekly newspaper serving the African American community in Ohio, the Call and Post, and continues to serve as its publisher in 2026
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded International Boxing Hall of Fame (1997).
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Ving Rhames played King in a television movie, Don King: Only in America, which aired on HBO
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1996· 1 entry
Terry Norris sued King, alleging that King had stolen money from him and conspired with his manager to underpay him for fights
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1995· 1 entry
HBO aired Tyson, a television movie based upon the life of Mike Tyson, in which King was portrayed by actor Paul Winfield
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1987· 2 entries
King was made a 'Mason-at-Sight' by "Grand Master" Odes J
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Witherspoon sued King for $25 million in damages
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1983· 1 entry
By Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes, with letters written in support from Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, George Voinovich, Art Modell, and Gabe Paul
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1982· 1 entry
Was sued by Muhammad Ali for underpaying him $1
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Whirlwind”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Dreams n’ Things”.
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1974· 1 entry
King negotiated to promote a heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, popularly known as "The Rumble in the Jungle"
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1972· 1 entry
After serving three years and eleven months, King was released when his attorney got the conviction reduced to manslaughter
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1967· 1 entry
King was convicted of second-degree murder for stomping one of his employees to death because he owed him $600
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1957· 1 entry
The porch of King's house was bombed and in October of the same year, King was shot in the head and neck with a shotgun by unidentified gunmen, reportedly due to his refusal to pay $200 in monthly protection money to cri
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1954· 1 entry
King shot a man in the back after spotting him trying to rob one of his gambling houses; this incident was ruled a justifiable homicide
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1951· 2 entries
King ran an illegal bookmaking operation out of the basement of a record store on Kinsman Road, earning the byname "The Kid", as well as the nicknames "Kingpin" and "the Numbers Czar"
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And briefly attended Kent State University before dropping out
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1941· 1 entry
When a ladle exploded and engulfed him in molten steel
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1939· 1 entry
In which the narrator first leads viewers to believe that Martin Luther King Jr
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-08-20.
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