(MAY 2) Blame Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood for denying women’s boxing fans the most intriguing matchup in the history of the sport. That, actually, and a balky Achilles tendon. Clint Eastwood – courtesy photo – Million Dollar Baby Producer It’s not like Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker didn’t know – or talk, a lot –
(APR 21, 2020) It wasn’t immediately clear after Christy Martin defeated Deirdre Gogarty in their historic March 16, 1996 bout what a game changer their fight really was. But it didn’t take that long, either, before the boxing world came to realize something special happened that night at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
(JUNE 4) During the fight – and it was a peppery Pier Sixer even the skeptics had to admit – there didn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual or noteworthy, say nothing of historic, going on. There was blood, buckets of it, and a knockdown, generally six rounds of boxing mayhem. Or, in Christy Salters
(AUG 17) The date was November 9, 1996, and a chance for women’s boxing to shine this night. The fight was a televised Pay-Per-View featuring Bethany Payne vs. Christy Martin. As Payne entered the ring they announced and posted on the “tale of the tape” that Payne donned an impressive 15-1 record. Where that bogus
St John At Least Partially Redeemed from T & A Curse By Katherine Dunn – December 7, 2002 The Battle of the Cover Girls, as it was billed, involved Mia Rosales St John, who cuddled up to red boxing gloves on the cover of Playboy, versus Christy Martin whose blocky, blood smeared figure glared triumphantly from the
The Battle of the Cover Girls, as it was billed, involved Mia Rosales St John, who cuddled up to red boxing gloves on the cover of Playboy, versus Christy Martin whose blocky, blood smeared figure glared triumphantly from the cover of Sports Illustrated following her defeat of Deirdre Gogarty on the undercard of Tyson-Bruno back
Christy Martin vs. Diedre Gogarty – The Fight that lit the sport on Fire! On March 16, 1996, on a Showtime televised card, Christy Martin and Diedre Gogarty set the sport on fire when they outshown the Mike Tyson mainliner. Martin won the six-rounder by a unanimous decision. This WAS the defining fight that lit the