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I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.
Larry Holmes
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Larry Holmes
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
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Don King ain't a bad guy. He cut my earnings, but I don't hold any hard feelings toward him.
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