DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
"Newfield has brilliantly captured the complex man beneath the flamboyant image and in the process produced an absolutely fabulous story."


CHARLIE ROSE, PBS host
"Newfield brings a reporter’s craft and fan’s love of boxing to this study of the complex, brilliant promoter."


PETE HAMILL, author of A Drinking Life
"For all those with a taste for robber barons and invincible chutzpah, this book is a must."


Book Description
A new, updated edition of Jack Newfield's hard-hitting unauthorized biography of boxing kingpin Don King, source of the Emmy-winning film starring Ving Rhames. Working his way out of a life of street crime and numbers running - and jail time for manslaughter - King rose to become a powerhouse in the fight game, outnegotiated corporate giants, fleeced the treasuries of entire countries, and amassed a vast personal fortune while ruining the lives and careers of some of boxing's greatest champions. The dying words of the man King stomped to death on the streets of Cleveland in 1966 - "Don, I'll pay you the money!" - became the motif for Don King's ascendancy.


About the Author
Veteran journalist Jack Newfield was a founder of the "New Journalism" in the 1960s as a columnist for The Village Voice. He was later a columnist for The New York Daily News and The New York Post. He is currently a fellow of The Nation Institute. He is the author of 10 books, has collaborated on numerous documentaries, and is the recipient of the George Polk Award for Investigative Journalism (1980), an Emmy for his documentary on Don King (1991), and numerous other awards