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Fighting is endurance, knocking a guy out in 10 seconds is not fighting, its beating him to the punch. But when you put in that time, that is fighting because you are thinking

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
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Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me
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