Don King has been investigated for possible connections with 'organized crime'. During a 1992 Senate investigation, King invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about his connection to mobster John Gotti.In public, however, King has strongly denied any connections to organized crime and has responded to mob allegations by calling them "racist".
Mike Tyson, the former undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, says of his former manager, ..
"(King is) a wretched, slimy, reptilian mo*herf*cker. This is supposed to be my 'black brother', right? He's just a bad man, a real bad man. ..He would kill his own mother for a dollar... He's ruthless, he's deplorable, he's greedy ... and he doesn't know how to love anybody."