The First Lady of Boxing: Jackie Kallen Known globally as “The First Lady of Boxing,” Jackie Kallen didn’t just enter a man’s world—she took it over, redesigned it, and became one of the most successful and influential managers in the history of the sport. With a career spanning over four decades, Jackie has broken glass ceilings with the same force as the champions she managed. Her life story is so compelling it inspired the 2004 Paramount Pictures film Against the Ropes, starring Meg Ryan. From Journalism to the Ring Jackie’s journey began not in the gym, but in the…

A former automotive designer and private and public-school teacher, the Honorable Kerry Bentivolio served with the US Army for 27 years full and part-time and is a combat veteran of both Vietnam as an infantry rifleman (1970-71), in Iraq in 2007 as an Operations Staff NCO for a Combat Convoy unit with Michigan National Guard attached to the 82nd Airborne Sustainment Brigade, LSA Adder, Iraq. He served with the 87th Mountain Infantry, US Army Vietnam, 119th Field Artillery, 177th Military Police Brigade as part of the S2 Intelligence staff, and the 82nd Artillery (MLRS) of the…