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Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King

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Don King took on the FBI, IRS, Mob, and judges. He thinks of him self in high quality saying "I am the american dream, America is my country, My people built this country and i know my way around." People say Don King does black on black crime when he steals all their money from loosing in boxing matches. Don King is smart clever and deceiving. He has commited two murders one being a homicide in his favor and the other being man slaughter in the first dergree. Ever since then Don King hasnt been able to stay out of trouble comitting speeding violations numerous times, stealing, and scheme of chance. He just cant stay out of the news and thats the way he likes it.
I give the book 5 stars do to the authors great detail and the excitment in Don Kings life time. "I do truley beleive he is the American Dream"

Don King is a bad, bad man. He controls boxing because he plays the race card better than OJ Simpson's defence team. Newfield exposes King for what he is. That such a man as King should be inducted into the Boxing Hall Of Fame makes a joke of the sport. And did anyone notice who the comments man on the recent Lewis/Holyfield telecast was, and was suggesting the fight could be very close? Non other than Carl King - Don's step-son.

I couldn't put this book down. It covers the pathetic life of Don King very well. I sure feel sorry for the boxers whom he made "rich." I will surely view any and all boxing matches promoted by DKP in a very different light.

Jack revised the book and updated it. You want to get "The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America." It's a great story so get the updated edition instead of this out-of-print item.

Don King is view by many as only a crook. This give you an idea of were he has come from to grow into what he has become. He is inspration for any and all business men.

If you are a long time boxing fan you will find this one of your best reads. Having been involved in Pro Boxing, I can be witness to some of Mr. Kings history and facts in this expose

Don King is a Cat that knows how to Spit out Game both in&out of the Ring.no matter who comes along nobody is gonna outlast Don King.this Book tackles all the things that the HBO movie went over.you see a Guy who would not be denied.His Famous Words Only in America fit Him to a Letter T.He is Witty,Sharp,Hustler&Always on His Game no matter what He is getting down with.

This is a great book, in that it tells a great story. However, Jack Newfield's writing style, which seems to ape Don Kings malapropisms even as it pokes fun at them, does not help the book at all. If you can get past the ridiculous sportswriter's vocabulary and eight-grade grammar, you're in for one of the most disturbing tales ever told. Particularly if you've ever spent any money at all on the boxing industry. The fact that Don King is as powerful as he is and is still at large says more about this country's legal system than any of the shenanigans of the man in the White House. This book represents a tale that absolutely had to be told at any cost. Its just too bad Jack Newfield was the one to tell it.

This is a great book, in that it tells a great story. However, Jack Newfield's writing style, which seems to ape Don Kings malapropisms even as it pokes fun at them, does not help the book at all. If you can get past the ridiculous sportswriter's vocabulary and eight-grade grammar, you're in for one of the most disturbing tales ever told. Particularly if you've ever spent any money at all on the boxing industry. The fact that Don King is as powerful as he is and is still at large says more about this country's legal system than any of the shenanigans of the man in the White House. This book represents a tale that absolutely had to be told at any cost. Its just too bad Jack Newfield was the one to tell it.

You just can't ruin a book written about a man as inspiring as Don King. White America likes a succsessful blackman only if he succeeded its way. By this I mean the classic way through a college education and a white liberal view on greed. The conclusion one must draw from the life story of Don King (this version or any other) is that Don King is a thinker not a follower an euntreprenuer not a wage-earner and a succsessful man despite overwhelming odds.