From Shining Shoes at 8 to World Champion—Then Back to Shoes Again At eight years old, Sidney Walker walked three and a half miles every morning to shine shoes so his grandmother could eat. At nineteen, he was world champion. At forty, he was shining shoes again. This is Beau Jack—one of the greatest lightweights in boxing history—and his story reveals something America refuses to acknowledge: that Black champions are built from suffering, their legacies stolen by the system, yet their dignity r

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