Richie Kates. I loved that guy, and his wife, who I often sat next to while watching Richie's boxers at events. He agreed to train me in boxing in Vineland, N.J. I was the only woman training there at that time. I never had an Amateur fight, just trained for about a year, off and on. I sparred with the men sometimes, and I even sparred with Richie a few times.
