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To: ejdrapes

Don King should be toiling away in federal prison. He's one of the most corrupt shysters in sports and has helped ruin boxing as we know it.


15 posted on 10/27/2004 6:03:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Prior to entering the world of boxing, King was a numbers racketeer in Cleveland, OH. In 1954 he shot and killed a man attempting to rob one of his gambling houses; the death was ruled a "justifiable homicide," despite the fact that King had shot him in the back. In 1966, King was convicted of stomping an employee who owed him six hundred dollars to death. Although he then embarked on a campaign of hush money payments and witness intimidation, he was convicted of second-degree murder and given a life sentence, the judge reduced the conviction to non-negligent manslaughter...."

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Don%20King

28 posted on 10/27/2004 6:11:51 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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