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==Country==
 
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==Notable Achievements==
 
==Notable Achievements==
  
 
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World Champion
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Professional boxer
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Professional boxer.  Six-times WBC women's Jr. Welterweight world championship (beginning in 1993).  Holds a record of 49 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws with 31 wins by knockout.  Notable for the attempt on her life by her husband in 2010.  Also known as Christy Salters. 
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==See Also==
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* [[The Community of LGBTQ Boxers]]
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* [[World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.wban.org/biog/cmartin.htm
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* http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2011-05-26-martin-comeback_N.htm
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* http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2016/07/15/christy-martin-boxing-sports-illustrated

Latest revision as of 13:15, 14 September 2017

Christy Martin

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1968 -

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

World Champion

Description

Professional boxer. Six-times WBC women's Jr. Welterweight world championship (beginning in 1993). Holds a record of 49 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws with 31 wins by knockout. Notable for the attempt on her life by her husband in 2010. Also known as Christy Salters.

See Also

Further Reading/Research