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There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

George Foreman

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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
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You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
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I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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