The Life Of Da'Marcus Roberts As I Know It Today
I was born at Baylor Hospital on September 24, 1969 at 0935 a.m. from the parents of Gloria and Oscar Roberts. I was the first born of three boys. I grew up in South Dallas or as they call it today, "Da Sunny South" We wasn't a poor family but we wasn't rich either. I do remember fighting a lot as a kid in South Dallas, You either was a fighter or you got punked everyday.
As a young boy I remember my first love for sports was at the Martin Luther King Center and later at the Boys Club. That's when I found my true love for Boxing. By the time I was 11 years old I was runner up in Silver Gloves in Boxing and at age 14 and 15 I won the Texas Golden Gloves twice. I guess all that fighting in the Projects did me some good after all.
When I was going to middle school in Dallas, Oak Cliff I didn't like it at all because all of my friends was in South Dallas and the school I went to was D.A. Hulcy. I had to prove myself......
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