sentences:  James Walter Carter was born on December 15, 1923 in Aiken, South Carolina, but his family moved to New York when he was nine.Carter began to use his fists defending himself on the streets of Harlem, but later received training at a Catholic Boys Club, making his amateur debut at the age of fourteen.Beginning as a professional fighter in New York in 1946, he won 22 of his first 26 fights.