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November 2022

Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a former professional boxer who competed for 27 years, from 1984 to 2011. In the late 1980’s to early 1990’s, he reigned champion in two different weight classes, cruiserweight and heavyweight. He is also the only boxer in the history of the sport to win an undisputed championship in two weight classes, and he is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held titles in WBA, WBC, and IBF simultaneously. During his astounding amateur career, Holyfield represented the U.S. at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and he is currently ranked as number 91 of the great pound for pound boxers of all time by BoxRec.

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Master P

Master P is a phenomenal American rapper, actor, record producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. He founded his own record label, now called No Limit Forever Records, and he is the founder and CEO of P. Miller Enterprises, as well as Better Black Television. While he is an incredibly successful business owner and CEO, his music career truly shines. Master P stepped onto the scene in the late 1980’s and reached a new high in his career by the mid 1990’s, with the success of his Platinum single “Make ‘Em Say Uhh!” in 1997. In Volume 9 of Strong Home Magazine, Master P addresses the thoughts and emotions that come with facing major and unexpected transitions in life.

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Paul and Dorit Kemsley

Paul is an accomplished businessman who is best known for his property development and his former status as Vice-Chairman for the Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Chairman of the New York Cosmos. He has been featured in popular shows, such as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, starring his wife, the incredible Dorit Kemsley, and The Apprentice, and he is the founder of Rock Joint Ventured Ltd. and Legends 10. In Volume 13 of Strong Home Magazine, we learn about the family’s emphasis on consistently expressing gratitude for all things, big and small, and the importance of maintaining honor and respect from a growing status.

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Apryl Jones

Apryl Jones is a beloved television personality in America. She is also a celebrated actress, singer, and songwriter who rocketed to fame from television series ‘Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood’ in which she was one of the fan-favorites. She has landed roles in several TV series such as Juhahn Jones’ “You Hittin’ Dat?,” “Casting the Net,” and Tyler Perry’s “The Oval,” as well as on the big screen in hit movies such as I Got The Hook Up 2. In StrongHome Magazine Volume 12, The Love and Hip Hop TV Personality, Actress, and Influencer discusses living life fearlessly as her authentic self in the midst of public criticism.

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Floyd Mayweather Sr

Floyd Mayweather Sr. is a former professional boxer who competed for 17 years, from 1973 to 1990, and he is currently a boxing trainer. He is the former trainer of his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr, who is currently the undefeated five-division boxing champion. Mayweather Sr. comes from a family of champions, with his younger brother, Roger, being the WBC super featherweight and super lightweight champion, and his younger brother, Jeff, holding the IBO super featherweight title. Mayweather Sr. himself holds quite an impressive boxing record as well, with 28 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie, including 18 TKOs. He also won the U.S. Championship Tournament in 1977.

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Cleo King

Cleo King is an American actress who is most known for her memorable television shows. Some of her television appearances include The Wayans Bros., Living Single, Friends, Mike and Molly, and Grey’s Anatomy. Although she is notably recognized on several television shows, she has also made appearances in multiple well-known movies, including Dude, Where’s My Car?, Pineapple Express, The Hangover, and Transformers: Age of Extinction. In Volume 10 of Strong Home Magazine, King discusses the importance of patience and the impact that being patient can have on familial relationships, primarily with her son, TItus.

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Ray Mercer

Ray Mercer is a former professional boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist whose professional career ran for 20 years, from 1989 to 2009. Although he was skilled in several sports, he is most known for his boxing career, winning a heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and later holding the WBO heavyweight title from 1991 to 1992. While he has an outstanding boxing career, he made a huge impact on the mixed martial arts world, scoring an incredible knockout win over a former two-time UFC heavyweight champion.

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Tony Weeks

Tony Weeks is a well-known boxing referee with almost 30 years of experience and refereeing over 800 games in his career. His countless skills as a referee has earned him a highly respected status in the boxing world. Along with being the referee for hundreds of boxing matches, he has also officiated UFC matches through his career. At the start of his career as a referee, he was working as a recreational supervisor at a federal prison, introducing boxing to the inmates he watched. He officiated a match in 1996 and had his first officiated match on television in 2000. He continues to referee for high status fights today.

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Roy Jones

Roy Jones is a former professional boxer who competed for nearly 20 years. Throughout his professional career, he held several world championships in four weight classes, which include super middleweight, middleweight, heavyweight and light heavyweight. He is also the only boxer in the history of the sport to start his professional career at the light middleweight ranking and later win a heavyweight title. BoxRec has ranked him as the 29th greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time, and he holds the record for most wins in unified light heavyweight titles as of 2018. Although his professional career is phenomenal, he had an incredible amateur career as well, with a win in the 1984 U.S. National Junior Olympics and wins in the U.S. National Golden Gloves of 1986 and 1987.

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Shawn Porter

Shawn Porter is a former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2021, a total of 13 years. He was a two-time welterweight world champion, holding the IBF title from 2013 to 2014 and the WBC title from 2018 to 2019. In 2021, he was ranked by BoxRec as the world’s third best active welterweight, also being ranked fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and The Ring magazine. Through his amateur boxing career, he collected a record of 276 wins and 14 losses, winning the U.S. Golden Gloves Championship in 2007.

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