Don King

In 1959, he married Henrietta with whom he had three children. His wife died in the year 2010. He has five grandchildren.

Donald ‘Don’ King was born to Clarence King and Hattie in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the Kent State University for a brief period time, after which he dropped out of the same.

He began operating an illegal bookmaking operation and was later charged for the murder of two men, for which he served a jail term but was later granted pardon.

In 1974, he began his first venture as a boxing promoter with the legendary and historic boxing event, ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’, which took place between Muhammad Ali and Heavyweight champion George Foreman.

In 1975, he promoted the boxing match, ‘Thrilla in Manila’, which took place between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in Quezon City, Philippines. This was the third match between the two boxers.

In the 1970s he progressed as a boxing promoter and soon became one of the most successful promoters. By this time he had promoted fighters like Wilfred Ben�tez, Wilfredo G�mez and Larry Holmes.

In 1982, he was sued by Muhammad Ali for fraudulent handling of funds and underpaying the latter a sum of $1.1 million. He, however, ended the lawsuit by paying Ali a sum of $50,000 in cash.

In 1984, he managed ‘The Victory Tour’ of Michael Jackson and his brothers - ‘The Jacksons’.

In 1997, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

In 2008, he was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame.