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MySpacer Dr. O spent last night watching the super heavyweight boxing matches. Algeria's coach got kicked out. Legendary Cuban boxing star Teófilo Stevenson was there! See it all in Dr. O's video and photos and: “The last big kick of the night was the Chinese Zhang Zhilei - all 6′7″ and 200 pounds of him. Absolutely fucking manhandled his short chubby competition from Malaysia 15-0…”
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