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He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time.

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Michael Gerard Tyson
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