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Jake LaMotta
Giacobe LaMotta was born on July 10, 1922, in the Bronx, New York, to Italian immigrant parents. Growing up in a tough neighborhood, LaMotta turned to boxing as both an outlet for his aggression and a way out of poverty. His amateur career was brief but successful, and he turned professional in 1941 at the age of 19.
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Azumah Nelson was born on September 19, 1958, in Accra, Ghana. Growing up in the James Town neighborhood, one of the oldest and most vibrant communities in the Ghanaian capital, Nelson was exposed to boxing at an early age. The sport was deeply popular in Ghana, and Nelson found in it both a passion and a pathway out of poverty. He began training as a teenager and quickly showed the natural talent and fierce determination that would carry him to the summit of professional boxing.
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