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giovedì 4 novembre 2010
The eccentric ‘Lion King’ is still a force to be reckoned with in the boxing jungle. His roar – sometimes harmless, more often menacing – continues to disturb the swamps of politics and the savannahs of entertainment. At 80 years old, Don King, the most famous promoter in the history of a sport that goes back millennia, the man behind the historic bouts of Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and countless other heroes of the ring, has no intention of abdicating his throne. In fact, King doesn’t deny himself anything: not his role as impresario that over the past 30 years has made him rich and influential, nor his absurd and unmistakable coiffure, and certainly not his improbable posture as a moralist preacher. “The ascent of Barack Obama is the greatest miracle since the raising of Lazarus”,
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