Interesting, i never knew Martin, named for Dr. King, growing up in Ft. Washington, MD was into boxing, and pretty good also........

Lawrence, the 4th of 6 children, was born in Frankfurt, Germany on April 16, 1965 to African American parents. He was named after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. President John F. Kennedy.^[2] His father, John Lawrence, was serving in the U.S. military in Germany at the time of Martin's birth.^[2] After his parents divorced when he was eight years old,^[3] Lawrence rarely saw his father, who worked as a police officer.^[4] His mother, Chlora Lawrence (née Bailey, July 24, 1930 – August 28, 2008), began working several jobs to support her family.^[5][6] During his teen years Lawrence excelled at boxing.^[2] He lived in Maryland, and attended Thomas G. Pullen School of Creative and Performing Arts (Landover, Maryland), Fairmont Heights High School (Fairmont Heights, Maryland), Eleanor Roosevelt High School,^[2] andFriendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland, becoming a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves boxing contender. He seriously considered a professional career until he suffered a broken eye that prompted him to reconsider.^[7]