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It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.
Larry Holmes
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Larry Holmes
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
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Kenny Norton hit me so hard that it still hurts. Now there was a case of two fighters who did not like each other.
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It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.
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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.
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I think a lot of people like to gamble, and they don't want to go to the casino to gamble. Sometimes they want to do it in the privacy of their home. They can't concentrate the way they want to in a gambling casino.
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We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.
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Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a wheeler dealer and you've got to be careful. He's a great con artist.
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