Riddles part 3

[palmerq]

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Emile Griffith by palmerq
A) I come from pride and hope and I've carried that with me throughout my 100+ fights. I'm #1 in the place I come from the person closest to me could never get off the ground and fly to my greatness. I guess you can say my introduction to the ring was by coincidence. I took my shirt off and next thing you know I'm in a ring. I did well as amateur so I turned pro. I lost 2 fights early on but that didn't bother me. I racked up some solid wins beating an indigenous fella, after that you can say I tamed two distant cousins. I then faced the ugliest guy around and left him looking worst.
Hint1: I'm recognized as a 2 division champ but technically I won 3.

pride and hope is the motto for the us virgin islands.. so after that it is simple.... a quick search on boxrec tells me emile griffiths is by far and away the best from there and the guy rated 2nd of all time had the nickname of the hawk(or some other bird, i have forgotten already)..

the taking the shirt off bit is about griffith working working in a factory and was he hot so the manager let him work shirtless and some fellow spotted potential in his frame( :S) and took him to a boxing gym and that was that.. on his record he beat 2 fellows with the same surname then a chap with the nick name the ugly... not sure about the indigenous part though...

[CutMeMick]

Give it a try...

Emile Griffith by palmerq
A) I come from pride and hope and I've carried that with me throughout my 100+ fights. I'm #1 in the place I come from the person closest to me could never get off the ground and fly to my greatness. I guess you can say my introduction to the ring was by coincidence. I took my shirt off and next thing you know I'm in a ring. I did well as amateur so I turned pro. I lost 2 fights early on but that didn't bother me. I racked up some solid wins beating an indigenous fella, after that you can say I tamed two distant cousins. I then faced the ugliest guy around and left him looking worst.
Hint1: I'm recognized as a 2 division champ but technically I won 3.

pride and hope is the motto for the us virgin islands.. so after that it is simple.... a quick search on boxrec tells me emile griffiths is by far and away the best from there and the guy rated 2nd of all time had the nickname of the hawk(or some other bird, i have forgotten already)..

the taking the shirt off bit is about griffith working working in a factory and was he hot so the manager let him work shirtless and some fellow spotted potential in his frame( :S) and took him to a boxing gym and that was that.. on his record he beat 2 fellows with the same surname then a chap with the nick name the ugly... not sure about the indigenous part though...

@palmerq spot on...

I come from "pride & hope" - Part of the Virgin Islands motto.
#1 the place I come from - The best from the Virgin Islands second would be Julian Jackson (The Hawk) Could never get off the ground and fly to my greatness.
While working at a hat factory on a hot day he took his shirt off and his boss noticed his physique then took him to Gil Clancy to train.
Fought NY Golden Gloves and won.
Indigenous fella - Gaspar "Indian" Ortega
Two distant cousins - Jorge J. Fernandez known as The Bull of Pompeya & Florentino Fernandez known as The Ox... Bull & Ox are distant cousins.
Ugliest guy around - Luis M. Rodriguez known as El Feo (Ugly).