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1158:By decision
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485:By decision
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1695:Categories
1678:Shows Blog
1399:References
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1288:Tom Brown
1009:: Atlanta
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582:KO (knee)
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133:Early life
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452:10 losses
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403:Criticism
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196:citations
1138:3 losses
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