- Well known boxing cut-man and owner of Jimmy's Corner in Times Sq., Jimmy Glenn, was his boxing manager during his professional boxing career.
- Willie Dunne Sr. was Kelvin's first boxing trainer 1988-2000.
- As an amateur boxer he made it to four (4) NY Golden Gloves championships at Madison Square Garden (1990, 1992, 1993 & 1995). Crowned champion in both 1990 and 1995.
- Is a published poet.
- Considered joining the USMC when he graduated from high school.
- Met Daniel Day-Lewis at the once existing Blue Velvet Boxing gym on 24th St in New York, NY in 1996. Daniel had just enjoyed watching one of Kelvin's sparring sessions and they spoke for a brief moment afterward.
- Worked on his very first movie as an extra in the film, American Gangster.
- Kelvin had been sparring pro boxers while he was still an amateur boxer himself. One of the notable pro-boxers he sparred as an amateur was Michael Dokes (a former heavyweight champion). During that sparring session MIchael Dokes would suffer a cut above his eye from a blow received from Kelvin. Dokes insisted on continuing the sparring session mainly due to the fact that he was sparring an amateur boxer and did not not want to look bad in front of all the ringside observers in Times Square Boxing Gym. Dokes was preparing for his upcoming bout at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden. Weeks following his sparring sessions with Kelvin, Dokes would go on to beat his opponent by knockout in the 3rd round.
- In his pro-debut as a heavyweight boxer he knocked out his opponent in 70 seconds of the first round at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, New York (November 1, 1997). This was the first time a pro-boxing event took place at the Apollo Theater in its 85 year history. One of the notable attendees was film director Spike Lee.
- Pebble in Your Shoe (2010) was a short film in which Kelvin portrayed a pro-boxer named Raymond. One of his lines for that character portrayal in that film was, "boxing gave me direction, sh't it saved my life!" That excerpt in so many ways reflected on Kelvin's personal life experience. It was during the fall of 1988 when Kelvin first stepped into Times Square Boxing Gym and it is without a doubt that this sacred (yet harsh) sport saved Kelvin's life which was headed down a dark, murky and life-ending road. It not only saved his life, but it also provided him with a positive life-direction and a great role model by way of Willie Dunne Sr. (his 1st boxing trainer).
- Tutored other students in English and Math while attending Chelsea Vocational HS.
- In 2004 he told his 8 year old daughter that he was poet. She didn't believe him and told him to prove it by writing something for her. Ten minutes later he presented her with a newly written poem, "That Sparkle in Your Eye" (it was published in 2005).
- Boxing brought him a life saving family friend, Stephan Feder. He met Stephan, a partner at a New York law firm, at the Blue Velvet Boxing gym in Manhattan (1998). Even today Stephan is still a big part of Kelvin's life and is like a big brother to him.
- Majored in Psychology at Hunter College CUNY.
- Worked as a volunteer for the Samaritans, a suicide prevention hot-line in New York City, during the early 1990's.
- Was homeless at the age of 14.
- As an amateur boxer, in the mid 1990's, he once sparred with legendary rapper, Big Pun (Christopher Lee Rios) at the old Fort Apache Boxing gym in the south Bronx.
- Notable sparring partners during Kelvin's professional boxing career were heavyweights Monte Barrett, Jameel McCline and Oleg Maskaev. His trainer, Willie Dunne, was once contacted by (now deceased) trainer Emanuel Steward regarding sparring work. Steward was hoping to contract Kelvin to spar with Lennox Lewis in preparation for Lewis' upcoming bout with Mike Tyson in 2002. Willie Dunne declined this proposal.
- Fought in the 1992 U.S. Eastern Olympic trials in Marquette, Michigan with hopes of qualifying for the '92 U.S. Olympic boxing team, but he didn't make it beyond the quarter-finals of that event.
- Auditioned for the roles of Muhammad Ali and Don King for the feature film Chuck (2016) before being cast in a supporting role of the real-life boxer and training partner Charlie Polite.
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