Wilkes - retired professional basketball player Lenny Wilkens - retired professional basketball player Zion Williamson - basketball player Lou Williams - professional basketball player Marvin Williams - professional basketball player Hassan Whiteside - professional basketball player Coby White - professional basketball player James Worthy - retired professional basketball player Mitchell Wiggins Y Trae Young (African-American father) - professional basketball player Boxing A DeAndrey Abron, former professional boxer Devon Alexander, professional boxer Laila Ali, former professional boxer Muhammad Ali, former professional boxer, activist, philanthropist, recognized as the greatest athlete of all time Rahman Ali, former professional boxer Demetrius Andrade, professional boxer Henry Armstrong, professional boxer Emanuel Augustus, former professional boxer B Johnathon Banks, former professional boxer Johnny Banks, former professional boxer Kelcie Banks, former professional boxer Sonny Banks, former professional boxer Riddick Bowe, former professional boxer Timothy Bradley, former professional boxer Maurice Brantley, former professional boxer Lamon Brewster, former professional boxer Shannon Briggs, professional boxer Adrien Broner, professional boxer Joe Brown, former professional boxer Trevor Bryan, former professional boxer Chris Byrd, former professional boxer C Jermall Charlo, professional boxer Jermell Charlo, professional boxer Terence Crawford, professional boxer Steve Cunningham, former professional boxer D Gervonta Davis, professional boxer Howard Davis Jr., former professional boxer Anthony Dirrell, professional boxer Michael Dokes, former professional boxer Larry Donald, former professional boxer Joseph Dorsey Jr., former professional boxer Buster Douglas, former professional boxer E Jimmy Ellis, professional boxer Jaron Ennis, professional boxer F George Foreman, former professional boxer Joe Frazier, former professional boxer Stephen Fulton, professional boxer G Derrick Gainer, former professional boxer George Godfrey, former professional boxer Joshua Greer Jr., former professional boxer H Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former professional boxer Devin Haney, professional boxer Tony Harrison, professional boxer Thomas Hearns, former professional boxer Jamel Herring, professional boxer Larry Holmes, former professional boxer Evander Holyfield, former professional boxer Maurice Hooker, professional boxer Bernard Hopkins, former professional boxer Jarrett Hurd, former professional boxer I Amir Imam, professional boxer J Beau Jack, former lightweight boxer Daniel Jacobs, professional boxer Jack Johnson, former professional boxer Roy Jones Jr., former professional boxer Zab Judah, professional boxer K James Kinchen, former professional boxer L Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer John Henry Lewis, former professional boxer Sonny Liston, professional boxer Rocky Lockridge, former professional boxer Joe Louis, former professional boxer Ron Lyle, professional boxer M Floyd Mayweather Sr., former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., former professional boxer Roger Mayweather, former professional