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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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Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.
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This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.
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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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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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