Hey now..>Don King is a rightwinger and a BIG GOper...there is no way he compares to the vile piece of feces that was tookie williams.
Don't mess with King.
King has done a masterful job of hiding his roots in organized crime, including kicking to death a man on the sidewalk. He was a brutal numbers racketeer prior to entering boxing promoting. In 1992, when questioned about his connections to John Gotti by the Senate, King took the Fifth rather than testify. Every time King gets in trouble, he plays the race card. He's a recent convert to the GOP...and quite frankly, the GOP should have rejected him instead of being bought off by his 'diverse' public support and political fundraisers.
Didn't compare him with Tookums; just thought he'd look nice, with all that "big hair" & bombast leading their parade. Would actually give it a touch of class, in an odd way.
And politics & money aside, I still always see King as rather seedy & sleazy, in an entertaining sort of way.