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King entered the boxing world after convincing Muhammad Ali to box in a charity exhibition for a local spital in Cleveland with the help of singer Lloyd Price. Early on he formed a partnership with a local romoter amed Don Elbaum, who already had a stable of fighters in Cleveland and years of experience in boxing. In 1974, King negotiated to promote a heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George oreman in Zaire, popularly known as "The Rumble in the Jungle". The fight between Ali and oreman was a much-nticipated event. King's rivals all sought to promote the bout, but King was able to secure the then-record $10 million purse through an arrangement with the government of ZaireKing solidified his osition as one of boxing's preeminent promoters the following year with the third fight between Ali and Joe Frazier in anila,the capital of the Philippines, which King deemed the "Thrilla in Manila" Aside from promoting the premier eavyweight fights of the 1970s, King was also busy expanding his boxing empire. Throughout the decade, he compiled an impressive roster of fighters, many of whom would finish their career with Hall of Fame dentials. Fighters like Larry Holmes, Wilfred Benítez, Roberto Durán, Salvador Sánchez, Wilfredo Gómez, and lexis Argüello would all fight under the Don King Productions promotional banner in the 1970s.For the next two decades, King continued to be among boxing's most successful promoters. Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Aaron Pryor, Bernard Hopkins, Ricardo López, Félix Trinidad, Terry Norris, Carlos Zárate, Azumah Nelson, Andrzej Gołota, Mike McCallum, Gerald McClellan, Meldrick Taylor, Marco Antonio Barrera, Tomasz Adamek and Ricardo Mayorga are some of the boxers who chose King to promote many of their biggest fights.Outside of boxing, he also managed The Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour.In 1998, King purchased a Cleveland-based weekly newspaper serving the African-American community in Ohio, the Call and Post, and as of 2011, continues as its publisher.King, was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2008.