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Don King
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Miami Vice Character
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Don Cash ("Down for the Count (Part I)")
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Born
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August 20, 1931 (age 93)
Cleveland, Ohio |
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Active (Boxing Promoter)
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1970-present
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Donald King (Born August 20, 1931, Cleveland, Ohio) is a boxing promoter who made his most recent TV appearance as Don Cash, a flamboyant boxing promoter in the episode "Down for the Count (Part I)" of the show Miami Vice.
Career[]
King began his career promoting Muhammad Ali's first big bout, The Rumble In The Jungle, where Ali took the heavyweight title from George Foreman in Zaire in 1974, then in 1976 promoted the Thrilla in Manila where Ali fought his third bout against Joe Frazier. He also promoted numerous fights over the years from such stars as Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Julio Cesar Chavez, Aaron Pryor, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield. He only appeared as an actor two other times, one in the movie Head Office (with John Kapelos) and an episode of Knight Rider.
Personal Life[]
Early in his life, King was charged with bookmaking, then with killing two men in two different incidents, one which was considered self-defense, the other occurred in 1966 and King was sentenced to four years in prison for non-negligent manslaughter. There have also been lawsuits filed against King by Ali, Tyson, Tim Witherspoon, and Lennox Lewis, all have been settled either in or out of court. King's unique hairstyle has been copied numerous times on TV and in movies over the years.
King married his wife Henrietta until her death in 2010, and has three kids, daughter Debbie and sons Carl and Eric, and also has five grandchildren.