Bio/Testimony
Kerry Pharr Bio/Testimony
Author, Speaker, Television host, Former Boxing Promoter
Kerry Pharr has been featured on CTN’s "Herman and Sharron Bailey Program", LeSea Broadcasting’s "Harvest Show", TCT’s "Rejoice Program", CW Network’s "Know the Cause" and in Canada, Crossroads "100 Huntley Street." He has also been interviewed on local radio and TV programs throughout the United States and Canada.
Pharr is a speaker, author, television host of the Christian program "In Your Corner" and teacher with a heart for helping those who have been beaten down by the circumstances of life. Kerry pulls no punches when he speaks of overcoming addictions and adversities, because his life was literally turned around by his faith in Christ.
The victim of sexual abuse as a child, Pharr also grew up fighting with an angry spirit. A self-described juvenile delinquent, he found redemption in the awesome power of faith in Jesus Christ. He turned his fistic prowess into a successful career teaching young men to box. He rubbed shoulders with such boxing greats as Muhammad Ali, "Big" John Tate, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas "the Hitman" Hearns and George Foreman.
Pharr became a beacon of light in a seedy sport that famed writer Jimmy Cannon once called "the red light district of sports."Former lightweight champion Sean O'Grady once said that "Kerry Pharr is one of the good guys in professional boxing."
Pharr’s determined to use the negative experiences of his past to make a positive difference in the lives of at-risk youth, teens, college and university students, student athletes, corporate executives and especially those who are depressed, hurting, and grieving.
The author of three books, Pharr wrote the inspirational Fight The Good Fight (2007), which details his touching tale of personal redemption and how he survived and even thrived as a professional boxing manager, trainer and promoter. He relates how he survived grief, setbacks, tragedies and failures and moved on even while contemplating suicide after the death of his wife to Cancer.
His life-changing work consists of inspirational speeches on overcoming adversity, the dangers of alcohol and drug use and other obstacles that prevent people from reaching their potential. His message is "Distinctively Christian" and he regularly speaks to college students, civic clubs, business meetings and churches.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek." Romans 1:16