 He has two older brothers (Neville and Christopher D. Amos) and two younger sisters (Sharon and Felicia).Born in Guyana, he came to Canada in 1973 and was raised in Toronto, Ontario.He is the nephew of Charles Amos who fought for Guyana in the 1968 Summer Olympics and first cousin of Troy Amos-Ross who competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.