{"id":1291022,"date":"2020-12-31T16:49:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1291022"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:31:29","slug":"never-forget-don-king-killed-two-people-and-spent-less-than-four-years-in-prison-before-becoming-the-biggest-boxing-promoter-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/never-forget-don-king-killed-two-people-and-spent-less-than-four-years-in-prison-before-becoming-the-biggest-boxing-promoter-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Forget Don King Killed 2 People (and Spent Less Than 4 Years in Prison) Before Becoming the Biggest Boxing Promoter in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Don King has helped promote some of the biggest fights of all time that featured some of the most famous and accomplished boxers<\/a> in history, including the likes of Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson<\/a>, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman<\/a>, and Roy Jones Jr<\/a>. However, his career as a promoter, while certainly lucrative, was marred by controversy as he was accused and sued by many fighters for stealing money, which brought numerous lawsuits, the vast majority of which were settled out of court. King, still alive and now 90 years old, has also been charged with tax evasion on numerous occasions but was never convicted. However, many boxing fans might not know that Don King was also charged with murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Don King ever promoted his first boxing<\/a> match and became the historical sports celebrity he is today, he killed not one but two men in separate incidents. Despite those killings, he spent less than four years in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don King shot and killed a man in 1954 but it was ruled a justifiable homicide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Don King's 1954 mug shot | Kypros\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1931, Don King did a little amateur boxing of his own in high school, but his career in the ring didn't last long. According to ESPN<\/a>, his time in college was also short, as he dropped out after just one year and began working in the illegal gambling industry in his hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King controlled one of the biggest numbers rackets in Cleveland, and, in 1954, he shot and killed a man named Hillary Brown, who was said to be trying to rob one of King's gambling houses. When the case went to court, Don King claimed that he had killed Brown in self-defense. The court agreed with his argument, and he walked free due to the ruling of justifiable homicide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1967<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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