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I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, You'd better fight. My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid.
Mike Tyson
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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Michael Gerard Tyson
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