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Don King coined the phrase, "Only in America." He lives it. He breathes it. He believes it. It's part of his soul. "Only in America can a Don King happen," explains Don. "America is the greatest country in the world-I love America. What I've accomplished could not have been done anywhere else." Indeed, the odds have always been long for King.
“If you were making a chart from zero to 100, Bob Arum – Harvard graduate, Kennedy raider, Jewish ethnic, got the complexion for the connection – would be the most likely to succeed,” King said. “Don King – African-American, ex-convict, served time in jail – on a scale of zero to 100, it would be 100 to zero for Bob Arum.
Don King “If Don King were a city, he would be Las Vegas: flamboyant, awake 24 hours a day, driven by money, rooted in gambling, and the mob.” Donald King, could be described as one of the few promoters that kept fire of the earliest intelligent scoundrels, such as Tex Rickard and ‘Doc’ Kearns, burning.
May 17, 2018 · Don King [1] 1931- American boxing promoter With his trademark "gravity-defying" hair, the image of Don King [2] has hovered over professional boxing since he helped put together the "Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974, in which Muhammad Ali regained his championship title from George Foreman [3]
6,605 Followers, 275 Following, 143 Posts - Don King (@donking_official) on Instagram: "Official Instagram for legendary boxing promoter Don King."
Aug 24, 2023 · In 1983, Ohio governor James Rhodes pardoned King for his crimes. In 2016, Cleveland City Council considered renaming the portion of Cedar Avenue where King killed Garrett as “Don King Way” before abandoning the proposal on the grounds that it was an objectively terrible idea.
Like the building that bears his name off of Interstate 95 in Deerfield Beach, Don King’s presence in South Florida and around the world, has loomed large fo...
