Boxing promoter Don King has managed to put himself on a shady pedestal in the world of boxing. Someone has graciously provided a summary of his sleazy escapades on Wikipedia:

Don King has been a lightning rod for controversy throughout his career. He has been the subject of several lawsuits by boxers he managed who alleged that they were forced to hire King’s relatives and cronies.^{[citation needed]} He has faced charges of tax evasion by the IRS. Rumors of jury-tampering have swirled around him.^{[citation needed]} And it also became known that the rights to pay-per-view fights he promoted were awarded to organized crime figures, some of whom may have known King from his book-making days.^{[citation needed]}

King has been investigated for possible connections with organized crime. During a 1992 Senate investigation King pleaded the Fifth Amendment when questioned about his connection to mobster John Gotti. In public, however, he has responded to mob allegations by calling them racist.

And don’t forget his pre-promoter lifestyle. Super sketchy. After reading this, I’m surprised he was able to get as far as he did.

King was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After dropping out of Kent State University, he ran an illegal bookmaking operation, and was charged for killing two men in separate incidents 13 years apart. The first was determined to be justifiable homicide after it was found that King shot Hillary Brown in the back and killed him while he was attempting to rob one of King’s gambling houses.^[1] King was convicted of second degree murder for the second killing in 1966 after he was found guilty of stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, who owed him $600.^[1] In an ex parte meeting with King’s attorney, the judge reduced King’s conviction to nonnegligent manslaughter for which King served just under four years in prison.^[2]

And his final crime against boxing, and the world in general? That hair.

Hair.