"Christy Martin spent most of her life hiding. For someone who for two decades was the most famous female fighter in the world, that wasn't easy. This book is the extraordinary tale of a female athlete's rise to become the fighter who legitimized women in combat sports and the personal turmoil she hid from the world." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes index.
Contents
Foreword
Dead on the floor
Coal miner's daughter
The thing we carry, the things we hide
How'd I get myself into a toughman contest?
"Want to box, girl?"
Meeting my mentor... and my menace
What kind of proposal was that?
Enter Don King
The fight that legitimized me and women's boxing
Bright lights, big city
Big fights, ear bites
Chasing a million dollar payday... and not getting it
On boxing: it's not about violence; it's about self-control
All done with Don King but not with fighting, inside and outside the ring
Down for the count and ashamed of how I got there
No place to run, no place to hide
Sex, drugs and videotapes
A champion again, but not for long
Comeback to nowhere
One life ends and so does another
Necessary endings, new beginnings.
ISBN
9781538153581
1538153580 (hardcover ; : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2021057512
OCLC
1262799035
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