Christy Martin - The Fight of Her Life
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
A boxer is shot and stabbed by her husband but refuses to go down for the count. "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the 48-Hours Podcasts |
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| 0:09.4 | The Cole Miner's daughter, Kristi Martin. |
| 0:23.1 | Kristi Martin was a public figure, a sports star, a pioneer. |
| 0:30.1 | She put boxing on the map for females. |
| 0:33.7 | She was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. |
| 0:37.4 | She made millions of dollars boxing. |
| 0:40.8 | Kristi was married to Jim Martin. |
| 0:43.2 | Jim was a boxing trainer and Jim trained her. |
| 0:48.7 | Go take her out there. Go take her out. |
| 0:51.0 | For years, it was Kristi and Jim as a team together. |
| 0:56.9 | I think that the marriage between Jim and Kristi was professionally driven, |
| 1:02.9 | where at first they used each other to both get ahead. |
| 1:14.1 | It's number 20 teams, they have four of the versus Jim and Steve Martin. |
| 1:19.4 | This is one of the most memorable cases I had in approximately 5,000 that I handled as a prosecutor. |
| 1:28.3 | It has a little bit of everything. You have drugs, there's a sex tape. |
| 1:34.4 | This is one of the most fascinating cases I've ever been a part of. |
| 1:37.7 | What did you want the jury to know about this marriage? |
| 1:40.5 | That Jim Martin wasn't a loving, caring husband. |
| 1:47.7 | Jim's control led to psychological abuse, physical abuse. |
| 1:52.2 | He started to provide her with controlled substances and would put Kristi in a very compromised position |
| 1:59.1 | to where she had to rely on Jim, or else her career would be over. |
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