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There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie.

Don King

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Don King
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: August 20
Actor
Boxing Promoter
Entrepreneur
Record Producer
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald King
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