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I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with papers and studies what he writes, he just pisses you off.

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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