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By T.K. Stewart - On September 22, 1999 a determined 20 year-old young man named Ronald Dodson walked into a courthouse in Detroit, Michigan. When he walked out, his last name was legally changed to Hearns. It was one of the first steps of the journey in this life he has chosen for himself.
He was born in 1978 in Detroit, only a couple weeks before his father would knockout Clyde Gray, a tough as nails Canadian welterweight contender. His father was not yet known as the “The Hitman” or “The Motor City Cobra.
Despite the fact that Ronald was mostly raised by his mother, who had the last name Dodson, he would later always want it known that he was the son of a legend.
“I just wanted to have the same last name as my father,” says the now 30 year old Hearns, who is known as "The Chosen One."
“I used to always get asked, 'Why don't you guys have the same last name?' when I was a kid, and that would get to me sometimes. So I decided to change my name, to bear the same name as my Dad.” [details]
He was born in 1978 in Detroit, only a couple weeks before his father would knockout Clyde Gray, a tough as nails Canadian welterweight contender. His father was not yet known as the “The Hitman” or “The Motor City Cobra.
Despite the fact that Ronald was mostly raised by his mother, who had the last name Dodson, he would later always want it known that he was the son of a legend.
“I just wanted to have the same last name as my father,” says the now 30 year old Hearns, who is known as "The Chosen One."
“I used to always get asked, 'Why don't you guys have the same last name?' when I was a kid, and that would get to me sometimes. So I decided to change my name, to bear the same name as my Dad.” [details]
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