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Where did the expression the bigger they are the harder they fall origin?

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The bigger they come, the harder they fall, the

Explanation: This expression is believed to come from boxing and gained currency when boxer Robert Fitzsimmons used it in a 1902 newspaper interview before fighting the much heavier James J. Jeffries.

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It a saiding I guess
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