Don King
Don King
Donald "Don" Kingis an American boxing promoter known for his involvement in historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction, and civil cases against him...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth20 August 1931
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
struggle commitment pride
Larry is like a son to me and we enjoy a most wonderful relationship, one with meaning, dignity, pride, understanding and purpose. But more importantly, one of mutual respect. Larry and I both pride ourselves on being men of our word and when we say we will be together for life it is not just convention but is said with feeling and commitment that comes from struggling together, growing together and being family.
struggle reality errors
Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.
fred great miracle pleasure unexpected worker
It's so great and an unexpected pleasure to see Fred after all of these years, ... He was a miracle worker in 1974 and he's still at it over 30 years later.
offers
After that, we have offers from just about every place in the world.
bring next top
I want to bring (all the top fighters) into the series, and by the end of next year, we'd have an undisputed heavyweight champion.
country fight judge leave nicaragua plan
The judge in Nicaragua let him leave that country to fight in America, and that's what we plan to do.
exciting possible pressure talking win
This is so exciting because we were talking about it during dinner. We thought it was possible for him to win it but we didn't want to put any pressure on him.
chance dual happy hoping league lost meet recent second since third time win
Barberton's recent win over Wadsworth was the first time Wadsworth has lost a league dual meet since 1998. We're hoping for a chance at second or third place. We would be happy to be up in that area.
close generates generating mike million prior tyson
Prior to Mike Tyson, we were generating close to $100 million a year. Now, Mike Tyson generates $100 million a fight.
chasing fighter man matter third unheard
Mayweather should have been disqualified. The fighter had a third man in the ring. That is unheard of. The third man was chasing my fighter around. No matter how you look at it the fighter is disqualified.
people slowness
Many people are criticizing the slowness of the process,
determination men thinking
If you envy me whatever modicom of success that I enjoy, you must also envy me my time, my labour, my finance, my anxiety, my frustration and my determination. Jose Sulaiman is the greatest boxing man that I have ever met. I think he is a knight in shining armour for the boxer, but I always insulate myself with the rules.
kings america boxing
If you are a blackman in America and get stopped by the police, make sure you have a vidio camera. Don't rely on some passerby to film the beating. Rodney King was just lucky.
boxing thanks fighter
Out of all the fighters that I have developed, clothed, financed, Gerrie Coetzee is the only one who had the decency to say 'thanks'.