By Jeff Zimmerman
Fightnews.com® caught up with woman’s boxing trailblazer and hall of famer Christy “The Coal Miner’s Daughter” Martin Saturday night in Dallas as she was commentating fights with Jeff Mayweather for Kingdom Boxing. Martin discussed the Taylor-Serrano classic, it’s impact on woman’s boxing, the Jake Paul effect and so much more in this exclusive interview.
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I remember Christy when she was rising in the women’s era of boxing in the 1990s. Martin’s style of fighting was a high work rate, could take a decent punch, and would slowly beat fighters down to submission with “good” basic punches. Martin hit a snag in her life when her former spouse was very abusive to her after her boxing career was on the decline. Glad to see her moving on in life.