Christy Lewis

• http://boxrec.com/boxer/79667
• Residence: 1920 - Maricopa, Arizona, USA
• Race: Black
• Ethnicity: American
  • Reference: 1920 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Feb 17 2016, 7:28:06 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 18 2016, 1:43:15 UTC
• http://ethnicelebs.com/ll-cool-j
  • LL’s biological maternal grandparents were Nathaniel Christy Lewis (the son of John Edward Lewis and Mattie Drake Foster) and Ethel Mae Jolly. Nathaniel’s brother, LL’s great-uncle, was John Henry Lewis, a hall of fame boxer, who was the world Light Heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1939. LL’s great-grandfather John was the son of Nathaniel Christy Lewis and Almira Jane Griffin. Mattie was the daughter of Wilis Drake and Lizzie.

Lewis was the older brother of former light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis and middleweight Paul Lewis. Lewis was shot and seriously wounded by a gunshot to the stomach from a 17 year old Phoenix girl. The woman had accused Lewis of raping her.

Source: "Christy Lewis Shot By Young Colored Girl", Arizona Republic, January 9, 1940