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By Thomas Gerbasi - Christy Martin knew that getting to 50 wins wasn’t going to be easy. She didn’t expect it to be this hard though.
Since the 49th victory in her storied 23-year career over Dakota Stone in September of 2009, she’s been shot, stabbed, left for dead, has had broken bones and was shafted by a referee and doctor in California. And when you point out that her quest for number 50 has taken three years, the West ******ia native is quick to correct that math.
“It’s been much more than three,” said Martin. “If we look back through my record, there’s been so many fights that I felt like I won, especially after leaving (former promoter Don) King. The fight with Valerie Mahfood in Houston (in July of 2008) obviously comes to mind. Even Valerie, who is a great person, she’s like ‘you won the fight convincingly,’ and for it to be a draw was very disappointing. Last year, the fight with Dakota, I’m ahead on points on all the cards, there’s less than a minute to go in the fight, and they stop the fight. Angelica Martinez (in October of 2006), that was the worst robbery. It doesn’t compare with (Manny) Pacquiao and (Timothy) Bradley, but I would say it was the worst robbery of my career.” [Click Here To Read More]
Since the 49th victory in her storied 23-year career over Dakota Stone in September of 2009, she’s been shot, stabbed, left for dead, has had broken bones and was shafted by a referee and doctor in California. And when you point out that her quest for number 50 has taken three years, the West ******ia native is quick to correct that math.
“It’s been much more than three,” said Martin. “If we look back through my record, there’s been so many fights that I felt like I won, especially after leaving (former promoter Don) King. The fight with Valerie Mahfood in Houston (in July of 2008) obviously comes to mind. Even Valerie, who is a great person, she’s like ‘you won the fight convincingly,’ and for it to be a draw was very disappointing. Last year, the fight with Dakota, I’m ahead on points on all the cards, there’s less than a minute to go in the fight, and they stop the fight. Angelica Martinez (in October of 2006), that was the worst robbery. It doesn’t compare with (Manny) Pacquiao and (Timothy) Bradley, but I would say it was the worst robbery of my career.” [Click Here To Read More]
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