SHAWN MANGUM WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PA, TO DIANNE MANGUM, AND ROBERT COLLIER, SHAWN'S DAD WAS NEVER IN HIS LIFE, AS HIS MOM WORKED WENT TO COLLEGE AND MADE ENDS MEET. WHEN SHAWN WAS ONE HIS MOM MARRIED KENNARD PURNELL AND HE TAUGHT SHAWN HOW TO WORK HARD AND TO BE A COMPETITOR FOR WINNING IS EVERYTHING. SHAWN MANGUM BECAME SHAWN PURNELL GROWING UP IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA AT THE AGE OF 14 BECAME A BOXER AND WON 77 OF 87 AMATEUR FIGHTS, THEN TURNED PRO AND WON ALL PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS, SHAWN LOVES ALL PEOPLE, AND IN THE PROCESS OF FOUNDING MANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. SHAWN MARRIED TWICE BOTH ENDING IN FAILURE YET THE SECOND WAS A BLESSING ,YET DIVORCE WAS TOO POWERFUL OF A FOE. S FAR SHAWN HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS AND ACTED IN ONE MOVIE, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A TRUE STAR BEING BORN. LOOKING BACK SHAWN HAS REALIZED IN HIS PAIN CAME HIS SUCCESS, FOR IT'S THE BURNING OF THE SOUL THAT BRINGS ABOUT BRILLIANCE. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.