When life let Kelly Ricketts down at a very young age, the future seemed hopeless, but he found a way to crawl out of his despair and mend the broken elements of his past.
Be it divine intervention or just dumb luck that began his rebirth, he turned years of abuse and neglect around to be his foundation for a successful and joy-filled life.
Ricketts, a local boxing coach, was one of eight children in a family led by an abusive father and an alcoholic mother.
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