 Between 1941 and 1946 he traveled as a sometime professional boxer, as far from home as Dakar, Senegal.His birthname was Antoine Kalosoyi (also spelled Nkolosoyi), which he eventually regularised to Kolosoy.Later he was called ""Windsor"" (a homage to the Duke of Windsor and a play on the British Royalty theme of his band "Victoria Kin") which evolved into ""Wendo Sor"" and simply ""Sor"".