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Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, in Ailey, Georgia, before moving to Detroit and later New York City during his childhood. Growing up in poverty in Harlem, Robinson found solace and purpose in boxing, beginning his amateur career at the Salem Crescent Athletic Club in Harlem.
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Nigel Gregory Benn was born on January 22, 1964, in Ilford, Essex, England. Raised in a large family of Afro-Caribbean heritage, Benn grew up in a tough East London environment that shaped his combative spirit from an early age. Before turning to boxing, he served in the British Army with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, including a deployment to Northern Ireland. The discipline and toughness he developed during military service would become hallmarks of his fighting career.
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