Description
Kali Reis is a professional boxer from Providence, Rhode Island. As a professional fighter, Reis has held the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Association (IBA), and Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) middleweight world titles. In addition to fighting professionally, Reis has also served as a residential counselor for young girls since 2010, using her boxing expertise to help young girls develop coping skills. In this interview, Reis discusses her early life, introduction to boxing, the parallels between her ring entrance and Powwows, capturing her first world title, and becoming the first woman, along Cecilia Brækhus, to be on a televised Home Box Office (HBO) fight card. This was the first time in 45 years of televising fights that HBO showcased a women's fight.