Don King
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Don King is an American boxing promoter famous for organizing some of the sport’s biggest championship fights and for his flamboyant, controversial public persona.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don King canonical | 16 |
| Don King Productions | 2 |
| Don King: Only in America | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T80258 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Don King Context triple: [King, hasNotableBearer, Don King]
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A.
Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong was an American professional boxer renowned for simultaneously holding world titles in three different weight divisions during the late 1930s.
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
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C.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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D.
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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E.
Jack Barry Field
Jack Barry Field is an outdoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology primarily used for the university’s varsity sports programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Don King Target entity description: Don King is an American boxing promoter famous for organizing some of the sport’s biggest championship fights and for his flamboyant, controversial public persona.
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A.
Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong was an American professional boxer renowned for simultaneously holding world titles in three different weight divisions during the late 1930s.
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B.
Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
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C.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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D.
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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E.
Henry G. Steinbrenner
Henry G. Steinbrenner was an American businessman and prominent figure in athletics administration, notably associated with track and field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boxing promoter
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1931-08-20 ⓘ |
| birthName | Donald King ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cleveland
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surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Don King
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Don King Productions
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| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | boxing ⓘ |
| founded |
Don King
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Don King Productions
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| genre | professional boxing promotion ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
controversial business practices
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flamboyant hairstyle ⓘ highly theatrical speaking style ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
commercialization of professional boxing
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global promotion of heavyweight title fights ⓘ |
| industry | sports entertainment ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
convicted of manslaughter in the 1960s
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faced multiple civil lawsuits from boxers over contracts ⓘ |
| name | Don King self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial public persona
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flamboyant public persona ⓘ promoting major world heavyweight championship boxing matches ⓘ |
| notableWork |
promotion of the Rumble in the Jungle
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promotion of the Thrilla in Manila ⓘ |
| occupation |
boxing promoter
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businessman ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | supported Republican Party candidates in the United States ⓘ |
| promoted |
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
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Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney ⓘ Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick ⓘ Rumble in the Jungle ⓘ Thrilla in Manila ⓘ multiple Mike Tyson fights ⓘ multiple Muhammad Ali fights ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Florida
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surface form:
Florida, United States
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| supported |
George H. W. Bush
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George W. Bush ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bernard Hopkins
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Evander Holyfield ⓘ George Foreman ⓘ Julio César Chávez ⓘ Larry Holmes ⓘ Mike Tyson ⓘ Muhammad Ali ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Don King Description of subject: Don King is an American boxing promoter famous for organizing some of the sport’s biggest championship fights and for his flamboyant, controversial public persona.
Referenced by (20)
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