famous boxers that didn't grow up poor

Lennox grew up in Newham East London, one of the poorest boroughs in the UK. He was getting into trouble fighting on the streets which is why his mother moved him to Canada

 

Depends what you mean by poor..

"Any white British fighter" what's that supposed to mean? White people don't live in poverty in the UK?

 

I believe Salvador Sanchez came from a wealthy family.

 

A degree does not mean you didn't grow up poor. I have a doctorate and was raised on not much.

 

is this a joke?

 

They do in Barnsley :deal

 

Amir Khan

 

I've never heard Shane Mosley coming from a poor family. Andre ward also came from a middle class family. I believe Kelly pavliks father sells insurance.

 

cory spinks did not grow up wealthy and was hardly around his pops. leon blew that money quick.

 

Dereck Chisora

Henry Akinwande - father's a Nigerian prince descendant or something and was a very wealthy shipping merchant. But Henry grow up in relative poverty because his dad sent him to London to make his own fortune. He used to clean the streets of London while pursuing a boxing career.

 

the klits only did their sports science PHD since they became a boxer

 

No, parents were farmers

 

Anyone know roy's background? I think his dad was a military man but don't know if he was rich or poor.

 

froch said he grew up the hard way. he went to a public school and he had minority friends.

 

Wasn't Sugar Ray Leonard from a middle class family? Was going to go to uni after the Olympics instead of turning pro until his parents divorced and they needed money.