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Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about Mayweather, and I think the people hate that.

Larry Holmes

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Larry Holmes
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
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