Nov 29 2009
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“ On April 20, 1966, Don King walked into the Manhattan Tap Room and spotted a man by the name of Sam Garrett—a former employee in King’s racket who owed him $600 on a bet. Sickly, small, and drug-addicted, Garrett was no match for King. But King was in no mood for forgiveness. Their argument very quickly turned into a brawl, and then a beating in the street outside the bar, a beating that ultimately left Garrett dead from his injuries. King claimed self-defense, and witness accounts vary, but for the first officer on the scene, the beating was a brutal, almost demonic assault. In an interview with sportswriter Jack Newfield, Officer Bob Tonne said he saw “a man’s head bouncing off the asphalt pavement like a rubber ball. Then he saw another man standing over him with a gun in his right hand, applying another kick to the head.” Even after he was subdued and the fight was over, “King got in one last vicious kick that Tonne would never forget.
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o don king aí de cima é o mesmo que você se acostumou a ver (e estranhar) ao lado de campeões de boxe, como mike tyson e muhammad ali.
o trecho é tirado do livro “only in america”, em que jack newfield detalha os problemas com a lei do cara que levou tyson ao estrelato e fez com que ali retomasse o título mundial contra george foreman em 1974, na famosa luta no zaire conhecida como rumble in the jungle.
o jrank traz alguns trechos do livro.
