Prepared for it, but i know i wanted it and i was prepared to get it and i trained hard and worked hard. larry: how old were you when you were a champion? 20 years old. larry: in reflection, would you have been better off if it had happened when you were 25? no because then i would have been obsolete, because i was younger than anyone else. larry: you grew up in a tough neighborhood in brooklyn? you did too? larry: same neighborhood, brownswood. saratoga park. do you go there? all the time. larry: my dad used to take me over there for good humor ice cream. you broke out of that neighborhood? it s probably the toughest neighborhood in america. the poorest city in america. it s a world with dog eat dog.