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Old 07-30-2008, 06:47 PM   #1011 (permalink)
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I think the Haymakers might be ripe for the picking, and the only reason I say that is, as Tex Cobb once said after his fight with Larry Holmes, after a beating like the one he handed me the first time I don't think his fighters hands can take that abuse again. LOL


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Cobb said he beat up Holmes' hands with his face! It was one of the most incredible shows of toughness and determination ever, Howard Cosell's contempt aside.
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