Announcer Quote by Michael Buffer

“A lot of people assumed for all those years that I was the official announcer for HBO because I had done almost all their fights. I worked on all of them independently.” quote by Michael Buffer — Download Open image

“A lot of people assumed for all those years that I was the official announcer for HBO because I had done almost all their fights. I worked on all of them independently.”

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There's a lot of luck involved in getting married to the right woman.

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I have nothing to complain about financially.

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I'm actually a survivor of throat cancer so I'm very, very careful with my voice.

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