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Donald
"Don" King (born December 6, 1931), is a
successful American boxing promoter particularly known
for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality.
Biography
Early
life
Prior
to entering the world of boxing, King lived in Cleveland,
Ohio. After dropping out of Case Western Reserve University,
he ran an illegal bookmaking operation, and was charged
for killing two men (two separate incidents 13 years
apart). The first was determined to be justifiable
homicide, but King was convicted of manslaughter for
the second killing, for which he served just under
four years in prison.
Career
as a boxing promoter
King
entered the boxing world in his hometown of Cleveland.
After convincing Muhammad Ali to box a charity exhibition
for a local hospital, with the help of singer Lloyd
Price, King began one of history's most successful
careers in boxing promotion. King had access to investors,
whose money he would need to cover expenses, but he
was inexperienced in the fight game. Don Elbaum, who
already had a stable of fighters in Cleveland and
years of experience in boxing, agreed to form a partnership
with King.
In
1974, King negotiated to promote a heavyweight championship
fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in (DR
Congo)Zaire, popularly known as "The Rumble in
the Jungle." The fight between Ali and Foreman
was a much-anticipated event. King's rivals all sought
to promote the bout, but King was able to secure the
then-record $10 million purse through an arrangement
with the Zaire government.
King
solidified his position as one of boxing's preeminent
promoters the following year with the third fight
between Ali and Joe Frazier in Manila, the capital
of the Philippines, which King deemed the "Thrilla
In Manila." Aside from promoting the premier
heavyweight fights of the 1970s, King was also busy
expanding his boxing empire. Throughout the decade,
he compiled an impressive roster of fighters, many
of whom would finish their career with Hall of Fame
credentials. Fighters like Larry Holmes, Wilfred Benitez,
Roberto Duran, Salvador Sanchez, Wilfredo Gómez,
and Alexis Arguello would all fight under the Don
King Productions promotional banner in the 1970s.
For
the next two decades, King continued to be among boxing's
most successful promoters. Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield,
Julio César Chávez, Aaron Pryor, Bernard
Hopkins, Ricardo Lopez, Felix Trinidad, Terry Norris,
Carlos Zarate, Azumah Nelson, Andrzej Golota, Mike
McCallum, and Meldrick Taylor are some of the boxers
who chose King to promote many of their biggest fights.
Outside
of boxing, he also managed the Jacksons' 1984 Victory
Tour.
Popular culture
King
has become a prominent figure in the media. He frequently
appears on talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel and Howard
Stern to promote fights. Recently, he was portrayed
by Dave Chappelle in a skit about a "Gay America,"
promoting a boxing match between two homosexual boxers.
In
the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, the
emperor emerges from a bell struck by a cannonball
with his hair sticking straight up. Donatello says,
"Hey, look - Don King!" King is well known
for his hairstyle. In a 1993 interview with Jet magazine,
King said that he uses Aqua Net hairspray and a comb
to style his coif every day.
A
1996 episode of The Simpsons featured a boxing promoter
named Lucius Sweet, described by Homer Simpson as
being "exactly as rich and as famous as Don King
and he looks just like him too!"
The
character of flashy boxing promoter George Washington
Duke, played by Richard Gant in the film Rocky V,
is based on King, even using King's famous catchphrase
"Only in America!" In 1997, actor Ving Rhames
played King in a made for TV movie, Don King: Only
in America which aired on HBO. Rhames won a Golden
Globe award for his portrayal of King. However, at
the ceremony, Rhames gave up his award and presented
it to Jack Lemmon, who was also nominated for his
starring role in a remake of the movie Twelve Angry
Men. In a 1998 episode of South Park, titled "Damien",
Jesus and Satan are to have a boxing match to decide
the conflict between good and evil, and Don King represents
Satan.
King
had a brief cameo as himself in the 1997 movie The
Devil's Advocate. He is politically active; he made
media appearances promoting George W. Bush during
the 2004 U.S. presidential election, which included
attendance at the Republican National Convention in
New York. In the episode "My Brother's Keeper"
of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Carlton is portrayed
as Don King in one of Will's dreams. On an episode
of Boy Meets World, Cory is having really bad hair
problems, and his hair is similar to Don King's. One
kid even made fun of Cory by saying, "Hey look,
it's Don King." In Celebrity Deathmatch, Don
King's death was a running gag during the series'
first season. In the final episode of the second season,
he was matched against Donald Trump, with King being
killed again, this time in the ring.
An
episode of 'Operation Good Guys' contained one character
promoting a fight and parodying Don King. A popular
joke, "Your armpits are so hairy it looks like
you put Don King in a headlock". (Credit:
Wikipedia).
