Powerplay: The House of Sepp Blatter
By BBC Radio 5 Live
Don King killed two men. The first case was ruled justifiable homicide. In 1967 he was found guilty of stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, on the street. Garret owed him $600. Released just five years later and later pardoned, King entered the world of boxing, promoting some of the biggest fights in sports history, including The Rumble in the Jungle, and managing the most famous names in the fight game, including Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and boxing writer Steve Bunce tell the story of the controversial life of Don King.
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Episode 8: The Endless Struggles of King
Don King, Mike Tyson, a 100 million dollar lawsuit -
Episode 7: Buster Douglas Knocks Out King
End of the road for Mike Tyson, but not Don King and a future US President -
Episode 6: Breaking Hearts and Minds, How King Got Tyson
Boxing's Mike Tyson era, but how did Don King get his man? -
Episode 5: The End of Muhammad Ali and The Birth of The Lost Generation
It’s dark days for Don King and Heavyweight Boxing’s Lost Generation. -
Episode 4: The Full King Takeover
Steve Bunce and Lennox Lewis revisit the aftermath of The Rumble in the Jungle -
Episode 3: King Makes The Rumble Happen
The rise of Boxing Kingpin Don King, mastermind of ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ -
Episode 2: Free at Last
It’s 1971, Don King is out of jail and ready to take over the world of Boxing -
Episode 1: The Death of Sam Garrett, The Birth of Don King
Buncey and Lennox Lewis explore future Boxing Promoter Don King's early life of crime. -
Introducing... Powerplay: The House of Don King
Champion Boxer Lennox Lewis and fight aficionado Steve Bunce on the life of Don King. -
Episode 10: Plus CAF Change
In the aftermath of Sepp Blatter’s downfall, what is his legacy at FIFA and in Qatar?
