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Boxer Christy Martin's Fight for Her Life

Boxer Christy Martin's Fight for Her Life

ESPN Daily: Boxer Christy Martin's fight for survival

ESPN Daily

July 24, 202030m 4s

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Show Notes

World champion boxer Christy Martin is a trailblazer in her sport, just named as an inductee into the Boxing Hall of Fame. She was perhaps the first female fighter to make national headlines. But behind her successful career, Martin faced emotional and physical abuse from her trainer and then-husband, Jim Martin, who also shamed her about her sexuality. In 2010, Jim violently attacked Christy and left her for dead. ESPN's Allison Glock interviewed Christy Martin about her career and harrowing fight for survival, plus how she has moved forward with her life and love with her girlfriend, a decade later.

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