By Lem Satterfield

On November 23, legendary female boxer, Christy Martin, was hospitalized after being shot and stabbed in her Orange County, Fla. home. On November 30, it was announced that Martin's 66-year-old husband, James Martin, was arrested in northwest Orange County as a suspect in the stabbing and shooting of his wife.

The 42-year-old Martin (49-5-3, 31 knockouts) is scheduled to meet with Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, in the 79-year-old legendary promoter's Las Vegas office with the idea of ending a four-year, four-month absence from the ring with a professional comeback -- a story first reported by The Orlando Sentinel.

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"I'm heading to Vegas [Wednesday,]" Martin wrote in an e-mail to The Sentinel on Tuesday, "to sign a fight deal."

If Martin returns, she will work with veteran trainer Miguel Diaz in Las Vegas.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .