beaten and abused as children then took to boxing to get out of the slums and a better life ie rocky graziano jake lamotta?
Kassim Ouma, though he what he went through was far, far worse than typical abuse. Vassily Jirov talks quite candidly about how he was abused, neglected, and even borderline tortured growing up. Good on him for trying to be a role model for trying to escape such dire situations. Sonny Liston had a dire, dire upbringing.
Someone had their Pigeons grossly abused, and that seemed to be turning point in their attitude, which led to later ring stardom and domination, cant remember who that was now....
