Orlando boxer Christy Martin is the subject of a special report on CBS' “48 Hours” for her work with domestic abuse survivors, but that’s not where her career started.
Martin was a trailblazer in women’s boxing. Her accomplishments include gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated, being an undercard at Mike Tyson fights, becoming the first woman inducted into the Nevada Hall of Fame, and a woman who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June 2020.
The work she’s doing now, helping other domestic abuse survivors, is inspired by her real-life experience of nearly being killed by her husband.