Jackie Kallen

Bio:

Jackie Kallen is known as “The First Lady of Boxing” and she was the inspiration for the Meg Ryan film “Against the Ropes” She is the author of “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and the ucoming “Between the Ropes”. She has been a boxing manager, sports publicist, writer, and promoter for the past three dozen years. She is an expert at Making it in a Man’s World, juggling family and career, domestic violence and positive thinking. She has been on everything from “The Today Show” to “The Jon Stewart Show” to “The View” and has been written up in the New York Times, The LA Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated (among others.)

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