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Don King
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| Nationality |  USA |
| Lives | USA, |
| Born | USA, Cleveland |
| Birthday | 20 Aug 1931 |
| WWW | www.donking.com |
| Boxrec ID | 413070 |
Biography
One of the top promoters in the world since 1972, Don King has promoted some of the most famous fights in history--including the “Rumble in the Jungle,” between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, and the “Thrilla in Manilla" between Ali and Joe Frazier. Other fighters King has worked with include Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Larry Holmes, Felix Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. Elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997, King is said to have made more boxers millionaires than any other promoter in history. Outside of boxing, he managed the Jackson’s 1984 Victory Tour. He has also been named the greatest promoter in history by the WBC, WBA and the IBF. As of 2010, he promotes out of South Florida.
He has been inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame (in 2010), the International Boxing Hall of Fame (1997), and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
News: Don King
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12 Jan 2012 12:40Judah vs Paris Eliminator: Purse Bid Won By Main Events
Main Events won a purse bid Tuesday to promote an IBF junior welterweight elimination match between former champion Zab Judah and unbeaten Vernon Paris read more ...
20 Apr 2011 14:14Guillermo Jones-Yoan Pablo Hernandez Purse Bid, 4/28
The championship committee of the WBA has called for a purse bid to stage a mandatory fight between cruiserweight champion, Guillermo Jones, and interim-champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez. The purse bid takes place at read more ...
7 Apr 2011 14:29Arena named after Don King
Legendary boxing promoter Don King was in Mexico City Wednesday to join municipal authorities of Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, WBC President Jose Sulaiman and other key members of the WBC to inaugurate the new Don King Coliseum at the Feria Internacional del Caballo. Three world championship fights are already scheduled for the arena to be presented by Dr. Fausto Daniel Garcia’s «Boxing Gala» Promotions read more ...
9 Mar 2011 10:12Don King: I Still Want Tito To Fight Hopkins in Rematch
Legendary promoter Don King is in Sin City for this Saturdays junior middleweight clash between Miguel Cotto and his fighter Ricardo Mayorga. King told BoxingScene and other members of the media that the one fight he truly wants to see is a rematch between his fighter Felix Tito Trinidad and Bernard The Executioner Hopkins read more ...
13 Aug 2010 21:40Dzinziruk vs Mayorga Being Explored For October 2?
Ricardo Mayorga is back on the scene again and this time he is trying to secure a fight against Ukrainian Sergiy Dzinziruk, current junior middleweight champion of the WBO, for a date of October 2. The rumored opponent for Dzinziruk was Luis Collazo, who recently said he was not interested in accepting the fight at this time and needed a tuneup or two read more ...
3 Jun 2010 01:05K2 East head updates on Khurtsidze, Nuzhnenko and more
Vadim Bukhkalov, the head of K2 East Promotions, commented on the recent status and upcoming future of several most notable fighters from his team in his interview for the Boxnews web portal. About WBA #5 and WBO #10 middleweight Avtandil Khurtsidze (21-1-2, 12 KOs read more ...
24 May 2010 22:45Andriy Kotelnik, Don King Make a Deal in Ukraine
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, American promoter Don King arrived in Lviv, Ukraine to sign a former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-3, 13KOs) to a promotional contract. Kotelnik's deal with Don King Productions will be a three fight agreement, and the first of those three fights will likely take place on August 7 against WBC/IBF champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13KOs) on HBO read more ...
12 May 2010 04:04Boxing Buzz
Rumor has it that the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley PPV generated 1.4 million buys. Nothing official yet.
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WBA World Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm could return in late summer against Ricardo Mayorga according to DKP, which is trying to stop Mayorga from competing in an MMA match this weekend read more ...
11 May 2010 13:46Spinks to face Bundrage
Promoter Don King will host a press conference on Wednesday in St. Louis to announce the return of hometown star Cory Spinks to defend his IBF junior middleweight championship against #1-ranked mandatory challenger Cornelius Bundrage on June 12 at the Chaifetz Arena read more ...
25 Mar 2010 11:30Valuev Should Get Away From Don King, Says Karmazin
Former junior middleweight champion Roman Karmazin tried to warn his countryman, Nikolai Valuev, to get away from co-promoter Don King, but the seven-foot Russian giant didn't listen to his advice. Valuev is co-promoted by King and Sauerland Event read more ...
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