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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

— John Barrymore

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Source: in Bert Randolph Sugar, Teddy Atlas The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists, Running Press, 2011, p. 169
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