Gordon Robinson | Who am I?

Gordon Robinson recounts how a defining moment shaped his personality and expectations from childhood onward. He links his upbringing to a father described as an unwavering disciplinarian, whose authority was treated as absolute during Robinson’s first 15 years. After moving out to live with his divorced mother around 1970, he recalls a home atmosphere marked by strict, psychologically driven discipline and detailed rules, including an ultimatum about crossing a gate while his father was away. Robinson describes how community adults effectively acted as informal neighborhood watch. In 1973, he remembers being given a rare ringside ticket—one seat—so he could attend a heavyweight title fight in Jamaica between Joe Frazier and George Foreman.