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Christy Martin the Coalminer's Daughter fought to a draw over eight rounds with Valerie "The Wolfe" Mahfood (19-14-4, 9 KOs) in an NABF Championship fight on Friday, July 18, 2008 at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. The crowd booed the decision.
In the best fight of the night, Martin and Manford went toe-to-toe trading leather from the opening to final bell. Martin landed a right in the eighth round that wobbled Manford and had her on shaky legs but Manford dug deep and stayed in the fight. Although Manford was the aggressor Martin landed the bigger more effective punches.
Martin, a sure inductee into the IBHOF wants to add three more wins to her boxing record before calling it a career. In her bout with Manford, Martin showed she still has plenty left in her tank!
Martin beat Cimberly Harris (5-14-0, 0 KOs) by 6-round split decision on Saturday, August 1, 2009 and Dakota Stone (9-8-5, 1 KOs) by 10-round majority decision on Wednesday, September 2, 2009. In addition to her victory over Stone, Martin, also won the WBC Women's Light Middleweight Title making her the oldest female boxer to win a world championship.
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Christy "Coalminer's Daughter" Martin
Christy Martin should be given credit for blazing the trail for worldwide acceptance of womens boxing. Women's boxing icon, Christy Martin is a brawler who comes to fight. She has been fighting for 17 years now. In 1989 Christy Martin stepped into the ring with Angela Buchanan. The fight ended in a draw. Three weeks later she and Buchanan fought again. This time Christy won by knocking out Buchanan in the 2nd round.
In 1996 during a fight with Irish featherweight Deirdre Gogarty, Martin was given a bloody nose by Gogarty which caught the media's attention. The Gogarty vs Martin fight, on the undercard of Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno was seen in 30 million homes and 100 countries. It was the highlight of the fight card. Christy won by unanimous decision and earned recognition as the WBC nominal womens lightweight champion of the world.
Ali vs Martin
Christy Martin lost to Laila Ali by 4th round KO on Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Martin fought her heart out but Laila at 5' 10" with a 70" reach was just too big for the 5' 4 1/2" Martin.
Martin vs Yuratovac
Martin fought and beat Amy Yuratovac (5-1-0, 5 KOs) by a 6-round unanimous decision on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Hard solid punching by Martin who was coming off a 10-round unanimous decision loss to welterweight Angelica Martinez (9-2-1, 1 KO) on October 6, 2006 after not fighting since her loss to Holly Holm in 2005.