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Don King By Tom Donelson  INSIDE King gets the credit for being the catalyst for the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, but he was not the only promoter playing the games that created the need for changes." King is the contradiction that is boxing. If you look at the yin and yang of Don King, you see, a split persona, that on one hand has been a beacon in Civil Rights and a class act in his Charity work, on the other hand he is the guy you point out when people ask what's wrong with Boxing. Keith Terceira of boxing dot com told me, "Don King has been a dual edged sword for the sport of boxing since he came on the scene as a big player in 1974. insideboxing.com /Featured_pieces/don_king_by_tom_donelson__inside.htm   (1421 words)

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Technorati Tag: Don King Don King’s daughter arrested on drug charge February 17th, 2006 by kw in Boxing News ORWELL, Ohio (AP) — Boxing promoter Don King’s daughter was... WOLF BLITZER, HOST: Don King is known worldwide as a big-time boxing promoter. Don King at MSN Shopping Save on today's great music, CD's, soundtracks, box sets and more. technorati.com /tag/Don+King   (504 words)

Profile: Don King King's career as a promoter spans three decades and includes more than 500 world-championship fights, but it began as a humble plea to help save a Cleveland hospital in 1972. Don King then brokered an enormous product-endorsement deal on behalf of Michael Jackson to appear in a series of television commercials for Pepsi-Cola. King inked a fight between Ali and George Foreman in 1974 that promised both fighters more than $5 million each, which was unheard of at the time. www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=5544&more=1   (3221 words)

Don King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Don King (born August 20, 1931), is a flamboyant American boxing promoter who has worked with some of the most famous boxers in the 20th century. Prior to entering the world of boxing, King was a con man and numbers racketeer in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1954, King shot and killed a man attempting to rob one of his gambling houses; the death was ruled a "justifiable homicide," despite the fact that King had shot him in the back. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_King   (491 words)

USATODAY.com - Don't ever count Don King out USATODAY.com - Don't ever count Don King out He has shown no evidence of possessing one but, alas, remorse is not a prerequisite for a successful boxing promoter. Strike three: With King, you don't get three. www.usatoday.com /sports/comment/saraceno/2001-05-16-saraceno.htm   (596 words)

King remains fight game's supreme being - The Washington Times: Sports Here is one thing that is predictable — King won't stop his pursuit of Tyson until the day they walk into a courtroom and testify about the business dealings of the controversial promoter. The event was known in boxing circles as the "Terry Norris Benefit Show," referring to the $7.5 million King lost to the former junior middleweight champion after he settled a lawsuit in December. Yes, that's the same Tyson who is suing King for $100 million, claiming the promoter robbed him of that sum before the duo parted ways after Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield in 1997. www.washtimes.com /sports/20040419-011620-6780r.htm   (903 words)

IBHOF / Don King Although King became the main promoter for Ali, Roberto Duran, Larry Holmes, Chavez and Mike Tyson, more than 90 fighters have earned $1 million under the banner of Don King Production, Inc. He has been named "Greatest Promoter in History" by boxing's three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF). Don King is such a man. In the late-1960s, the former small-time numbers runner had been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter. In the quarter century since his release from prison, Don King has lived the American Dream. www.ibhof.com /dking.htm   (302 words)

ESPN.com - BOXING - MaxBoxing: 2006 Boxing Resolutions King has a cadre of titlists who are simply hidden from the boxing public because they just don't seem to get enough work -- or they perform at 2 in the afternoon on one of his marathon-like undercards. In the past, it's always been his archrival Don King giving reporters juicy quotes, but lately Arum has been filling our notebooks and recorders with some great stuff. Don King: Resolve to stop ignoring your small title-holders like WBA 115-pound titlist Luis Perez. sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2277884   (1204 words)

Jennings: Don King Bio Kings is known as a ruthless promoter who focuses on the “showmanship” of the fight and never signs an agreement that won’t make money for him and everyone involved. King always insures with Lloyd’s of London for his fights because of the promotional costs involved, which are often incurred before a fighter cancels. King negotiated a contract between Julio Cesar Chavez and Harold Brazier for a boxing match, but the fight was canceled. www.swcollege.com /BookTour/don_king.html   (284 words)

Power Line: Don King, Republican? Boxing promoter Don King is hosting a Bush campaign event tonight. The Republican National Committee has also announced that King is supporting the President's re-election campaign by contributing his voice to the "Kerry vs. Kerry" boxing match website. King has contributed to Democratic candidates, too, during this election cycle, but it does appear that he is in Bush's camp for the general election. powerlineblog.com /archives/006259.php   (106 words)

ESPN.com - BOXING - Don King files defamation lawsuit against ESPN NEW YORK -- Boxing promoter Don King filed a defamation suit Wednesday claiming he was portrayed in a false light in an ESPN SportsCentury segment aired last May, and his attorney said King is entitled to damages of more than $2.5 billion. King was charged with federal tax evasion and fraud but was not convicted. King paid $7.5 million to former middleweight champion Terry Norris in late 2003 to settle a suit. sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=1965165   (583 words)

BraggingRightsCorner.com - "JUDGE REMANDS DON KING'S LAWSUIT BACK TO STATE COURT" Legendary boxing promoter Don King filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit against corporate giants Disney, ESPN, ABC Cable Networks and Advocate Communications Inc., last January, for airing a highly defamatory and reckless broadcast against King on Sports Century that also portrays King in a false light. The lawsuit also contends that Disney, ESPN, and other defendants broadcast statements that intentionally and recklessly portray Don King in a false light and create an inference and innuendo that King was dishonest and engaged in illegal activities including physically endangering others in order to succeed in his profession. BraggingRightsCorner.com - "JUDGE REMANDS DON KING'S LAWSUIT BACK TO STATE COURT" www.braggingrightscorner.com /kingwins120805.html   (430 words)

Don King does beijing But bombastic boxing promoter Don King, who peppers even his dinner chatter with K.O.-punch platitudes, said he was feeling uncharacteristically demur when he pondered the billing for his next bout. King paraphrased speeches by Mao and Abraham Lincoln, suggesting that the founder of the People’s Republic and the American president had advocated essentially the same style of governance, "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Mr. King’s red-carpet reception culminated in a gala banquet at Beijing Hotel, just a few blocks from Tiananmen Square and the source, he reiterated often, of great inspiration. www.gluckman.com /DonKing.html   (1059 words)

CNN.com - Don King sounds off on politics - Jan. 6, 2003 Boxing promoter Don King is one of the most colorful figures in any sport. King, chairman and founder of Don King Productions, stepped into the "Crossfire" ring Friday with hosts Paul Begala and Robert Novak to discuss the controversy and his view of Bush and the Republican Party. King, we're going to start with some gripping hot news about the attempt to change the name of Mississippi Avenue in Atlantic City to Don King Boulevard. www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/cf.opinion.don.king   (916 words)

The Advocate - ESPN: Don King Has No Grounds for Suit MIAMI -- ESPN has returned a legal attack from boxing promoter Don King with a jab of its own. ESPN: Don King Has No Grounds for Suit His lawsuit objected to claims that he was "a snake oil salesman, a shameless huckster and worse," that he underpaid Muhammad Ali by $1.2 million and that he "killed not once, but twice." King was convicted in a 1967 beating death and acquitted in a 1954 killing. www.stamfordadvocate.com /sports/nationworld/sns-ap-box-king-lawsuit,0,3392280.story?coll=sns-sports-headlines   (257 words)

BLACKFIVE: The Cigar Marine and Don King That all changed with a phone call from a man who introduced himself as Steve Brenner and said he worked for a boxing promoter named Don King. Don King had tears in his eyes when he took the plaque and thanked Gunny Pop, and all of us in uniform. (Don King's son, someone explained when I asked.) Rather than go to our ticketed seats, Carl invited us to sit with him, on the floor, until the people who held tickets for those seats arrived. www.blackfive.net /main/2004/06/the_cigar_marin.html   (3022 words)

Boxing News :: Press Release : Don King Welcomed By Croatian President ZAGREB, Croatia—After World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek successfully defended his title for the first time against mandatory challenger Thomas Ulrich by sixth-round knockout on Saturday in Düsseldorf, Germany, his promoter Don King departed on Sunday for a state visit to Croatia. King, his son Carl and Preskar met with Croatian President Stepjan Mesic on Monday morning at the presidential compound, a wooded park-like area not far from the center of Zagreb. King’s visits with these political leaders were given considerable coverage on all major Croatian television and radio stations as well as in newspapers and magazines. www.boxingscene.com /?m=show&id=2217   (522 words)

Don King Press Conference Don King : So you see, even in the fourth grade our hero knew that he would become the most respected, inspected, "erspected", suspected, boxing promoter in the history of the galaxy But enough about me Don King : Mike missed the words: "I’m like the tall grass from which the deadly cobra STRIKES!" Underneath that cowardly talk beats the heart of a tiger! Don King : Mike, your words are elementally elegant, and elevatingly eloquent! snltranscripts.jt.org /96/96fking.phtml   (556 words)

Don King Al Braverman - Al Braverman Age: 78 fixture on the boxing scene, spending the last two decades as Don King's aide;... (the best photos of 2001).(was figure of sports promoter Don King)(Brief Article) Don King Le célèbre promoteur de boxe américain Don King a envoyé des gants et d'autres équipements pugilistiques aux sold. www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109356.html   (280 words)

Don King - Why Blacks Should Vote Republican. He spoke before the National Urban League, and now he’s got boxing promoter Don King on a cross-country “Economic Empowerment” tour with RNC chairman Ed Gillespie. Don King - Why Blacks Should Vote Republican. Don King on why blacks should vote Republican. newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/9583   (618 words)

Boxing promoter Don King stumps for Bush in Cleveland wkyc.com POSTED: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:02:01 PM UPDATED: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:56:06 PM CLEVELAND -- President Bush is now officially ready to rumble: Flamboyant boxing promoter Don King is taking his corner in Cleveland. King also was scheduled to meet with members of the Urban League and attend a gathering at Holy Trinity Baptist Church. King was in town today for a re-election rally for Bush. www.wkyc.com /news/news_fullstory.asp?id=20590   (180 words)

World Boxing Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia became little more than an errand boy for Don King.” Heller also quotes British promoter Mickey Duff as saying, “My complaint is that Jose Sulaiman is not happy his friend Don King is the biggest promoter in boxing. The WBC bolstered the legitimacy of women’s boxing by recognizing fighters such as Christy “The Coalminer’s Daughter” Martin and Lucia Rijker as contenders for World Female titles in 16 weight divisions. The WBC is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the International Boxing Federation(IBF), the World Boxing Association (WBA), and the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and a dozen or so others. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Boxing_Council   (1455 words)

World Boxing Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia became little more than an errand boy for Don King.” Heller also quotes British promoter Mickey Duff as saying, “My complaint is that Jose Sulaiman is not happy his friend Don King is the biggest promoter in boxing. The WBC bolstered the legitimacy of women’s boxing by recognizing fighters such as Christy “The Coalminer’s Daughter” Martin and Lucia Rijker as contenders for World Female titles in 16 weight divisions. The WBC's green championship belt portrays the flags of all of the countries it represents; the flags of the original 12 member-nations are displayed on the belt’s ovular, gold center-plate (surrounding a boxer raising his arm in victory). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Boxing_Council   (1455 words)

IOL: Boxing Cape Town's world champion Mike Barnardo could soon become part of a plan by eccentric American promoter Don King to unify the disparate world of heavyweight boxing. This could lead King trying to sign up Barnardo, thereby controlling every world heavyweight champion with the exception of the Ukrainian. Now King, who controls two of those world champions, wants to unite at least five of six titles held by the four men. www.iol.co.za /html/frame_sport.php?click_id=21&art_id=ct20010611092518644B252905   (1455 words)

Boxing News 24 hours/day -- the #1 resource in boxing -- following Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray, Oscar De La Hoya and all your boxing favorites Boxing promoter Don King held court Wednesday at the upscale Ritz Carlton, in Manhattan, where he announced he is suing the Walt Disney Company, Inc., ABC Cable Networks, ESPN, Inc., and Advocate Communications, charging them with, "Defamatory and reckless broadcast." The alleged broadcast was aired on ESPN's, "Sports Century," back on May 17. They were accompanied by referees Joe Cortez and Roberto Ramirez, also in town to give a judges and referee seminar to the local officials, Jaqueline Torrents of American Airlines, Don Efrain Vega, the country's only promoter and Anthony Torres the next Executive Director of the Costa Rican Boxing Association. Boxing News 24 hours/day -- the #1 resource in boxing -- following Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray, Oscar De La Hoya and all your boxing favorites www.fightnews.com   (1455 words)

Boston.com / A&E / Celebrity news / Ring Promoter King Sues Disney/ESPN for Defamation Promoter Don King, who built a boxing empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN over a biography of him he said was defamatory. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Promoter Don King, who built a boxing empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN over a biography of him he said was defamatory. King has been on the receiving end of court action in the past. www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/01/12/ring_promoter_king_sues_disneyespn_for_defamation?mode=PF   (512 words)

riverfronttimes.com News & Features Unreal King's English 2005-01-12 Don King will be remembered as one of the greatest boxing promoters of all time, but he's also quite the orator. Boxing promoter and great orator Don King pontificates on the Lou, and we stumble across a photo-enhanced Local Blog o' the Week. Below are excerpts from last week's press conference announcing the February 5 bout featuring Cory Spinks and Zab Judah. www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2005-01-12/news/unreal.html   (967 words)

Sport Interview: Frank Warren Frank Warren just needs to turn up as himself - a man who has survived four bullets from a 9mm pistol, a $12m hit from Don King, a courtroom battle with the VAT man and a showdown with a demented Mike Tyson to remain the master of boxing promotion in this country. Warren has kept his distance while the Amateur Boxing Association has struggled to improve its offer of a £40,000 grant, to persuade Khan that his preference to win an Olympic title before turning pro can be attained without undue economic strain. Warren held Khan's hand high in an imperious stroll around the ring, which was greeted by a foot-stomping ovation. sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5030841-108366,00.html   (967 words)

Boxing's High Points Chronology Don King Cleveland OH, boxing promoter (Muhammud Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson), is born. Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title. Former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey signed a contract for a six-bout tour of the northwestern US He was to be paid $35,000 or 50 percent of the gross receipts, whichever was more. www.bestofcolumbus.com /fussichen/otdBox.htm   (967 words)

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