Don King | 7. Only in America

Power: Don King

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

3.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Don King lived out his own American dream but has that dream finally come to an end? How did boxing change because of Don King? And does boxing still even want Don King? Don struggles to find his place in the modern boxing landscape, but he’s not going down without a fight. Power is a Somethin’ Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This show contains strong language.
0:09.8	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.1	There's a video floating around on the internet.
0:17.3	It's one of those camcorder videos that show the time and date on the screen.
0:21.3	So assuming the date on the recorder was set right, it's from the summer of 1996.
0:29.0	The video is grainy and takes place in what seems to be a mansion.
0:33.1	There's this huge, viral staircase, a giant kitchen in the background, a black baby
0:38.3	grand piano.
0:40.1	Don King is there.
0:41.7	It seems like it's his house.
0:48.9	And he's talking through an interpreter to these two huge Ukrainian dudes, Vitaly and
0:53.6	Vladimir Klitskov.
0:55.8	Vladimir had either just won or was just about to win.
0:59.0	The Olympic gold medal for boxing.
1:01.2	Vitaly had finished second the year before the World Championships.
1:04.5	I'm very excited.
1:05.5	Very pleased.
1:06.5	Very honored.
1:07.5	On the chin of the 180, you've got 15 times to have these guys to come and join me.
1:12.7	So let me have the 80, give me a hint of the world that's in shock in the world.
1:18.0	This was right before Mike Tyson lost the first of his two fights versus Evander Holyfield.
1:22.8	It may be Don could see the writing on the wall.
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