Introducing...Don King

Power: Don King

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

3.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In a sport famed for money and excess, what does it take to get to the top...and stay there? Rising from a life of hardship and crime, Don King became the most successful boxing promoter the sport has ever seen—and the first Black man to do so. He is his own American Dream. His flamboyant appearance and commanding personality made him a star in and out of the ring, as did his promotion of greats like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and even America’s musical dynasty, the Jacksons. But his less than honest exploits? They made him legendary. Power is a Somethin’ Else production with Sony Music Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	He has an enormous ego and well deserved too.
0:05.0	He's seen on the one hand as his superhero on the other hand as his new sense.
0:09.2	In an industry with thieves and liars and killers, he did it better than them.
0:14.4	And he did it in a way that no one else had done it.
0:17.3	He literally did it just by being Don King.
0:20.7	Don King, boxing Titan, cultural game changer, he took the street hustle to prime time.
0:27.1	It's a criminal enterprise, this world that Don King exists in.
0:31.0	And the only person who could master it would have to be a criminal.
0:36.1	Every time you explain why my Tyson's broke, you have to explain why Don King is so rich.
0:42.2	Don King went from a life of hardship and crime to dominating sports and entertainment
0:46.6	as the greatest promoter boxing has ever seen.
0:49.2	Somebody who literally came from the bottom and was on top of not just America, but on top of the world.
0:55.2	He promoted legends like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and even culture makers like the Jackson's.
1:00.8	Don King made that press conference look as if he were Michael Jackson,
1:05.4	as if he was the guy who had sung the songs.
1:08.2	Despite beef with just about everyone he worked with leading to scandal after scandal,
1:13.0	he was still on top for over three decades.
1:17.0	How'd he do it?
1:18.2	Don is the best manipulator I've ever seen in my life.
1:21.8	The only way Don King could with a lot of controversy.
1:25.6	He's just stealing about his money.
1:27.4	He earned him a lot of money and he took a cut.
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