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Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Larry Holmes

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Larry Holmes
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
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This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.
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I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out.
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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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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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