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I'm a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
Actor
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Professional Boxer
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Brooklyn
New York
Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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Friendth, Romanth, countrymen, lend me your earsth.
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I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say.
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