Fatal Femmes Fighting is honored to have Jackie Kallen as our promoter.Having managed four champions, she was twice nominated as Manager of the Year. Her life story inspired the Paramount film Against the Ropes starring Meg Ryan. Kallen was Associate Producer of the film and made a cameo appearance.
A former journalist, TV host and radio personality in her native Detroit, Kallen is a successful motivational speaker who travels the country addressing conventions, womens health groups and college audiences. Now living in Los Angeles, she is very active in charities like PATH (People Assisting the Homeless) and battered womens shelters. She is the author of Hit Me With Your Best Shot. She was the Den Mother on the first season of The Contender on NBC with Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Kallen has been named Youth Sports Coordinator for the LA County Sheriff Department. She goes around to various area where there are kids-at-risk and sets up boxing gyms. She also goes to schools and churches, speaking to kids and urging them to quit the gangs and go to the gym.
As a partner in the exciting cartoon project BoxinBuddies, Kallen is entering the field of animation. This franchise promises to be a feature film, a TV series and a merchandising giant.
A mother of two sons and grandmother of two young boys, Kallen was one of the first females to succeed in the male-dominated world of professional boxing. She served as commissioner of the International Female Boxing Association and has won numerous awards and honors.