Introducing "Power: Don King"
While Black
REVOLT
4.1 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Do you ever think about words like powerful or notorious? I do. And when those |
| 0:06.3 | words come to mind, so do certain people, Muhammad Ali, Jay Z, undoubtedly the |
| 0:12.5 | notorious B.I.G. Other larger-than-life characters like Shug Niden and Big |
| 0:18.3 | Meach. All these folks did something huge. They created something. They |
| 0:23.7 | influenced people and culture and they did it their way. But I throw another |
| 0:28.6 | name into the powerful and notorious hat. And that name is Don Keen. You know him. |
| 0:34.5 | You've seen him. You've heard his catchphrase only in America. And I know you |
| 0:39.8 | know his hair. But do you know his story? Do you know the obstacles that he had |
| 0:44.7 | to overcome just to create a brand large enough for you to know him, love him, |
| 0:49.7 | or hate him today? He did something amazing in a country and in a sport and in |
| 0:55.9 | a time that wasn't friendly to people that looked like him. Don Keen rose from |
| 1:00.7 | a life of hardship and crime to become the most successful boxing promoter the |
| 1:04.9 | sport has ever seen. The first black man to do so, it was his own American dream. |
| 1:10.5 | Don's fine boy and appearance, dizzying wit and commanding personality made him |
| 1:16.6 | a star in and out of the ring. But as less than honest exploits, you know what I'm |
| 1:21.5 | talking about. They made him legendary and even notorious. Don Keen may have |
| 1:27.2 | taken advantage of his fighters and burned a lot of bridges. But he always seemed |
| 1:32.8 | to find another power. Don Keen, the third installment of something else's |
| 1:38.6 | power series tells the story of one of entertainment's most controversial |
| 1:42.7 | figures. Hosted by Panama Jackson, this season asked the question, what does |
| 1:48.5 | it take to get to the top and stay there in a sport feigned for money and excess? |
| 1:53.8 | If you want to learn more about power, Don Keen, listen up for a snippet right now and |
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