A down-on-his-luck schemer from a West Virginia boxing family comes home to borrow money from his mother, a two-time world champion, and winds up fighting in a rowdy amateur boxing competition.
Women's boxing in Mexico was illegal, until Laura Serrano, a passionate lawyer, began to practice it clandestinely. A series of events jeopardize her passion, leading her to launch a battle to legalize the sport in Mexico and achieve gender equality in boxing.
Christy Martin broke boundaries and noses as she rose in the boxing world, but her public persona belied personal demons, abuse and a threat on her life.
Christy Renea Martin is an American former professional boxer. Competing from 1989 to 2012, she held the WBC female super welterweight title in 2009. In 2010, Martin was stabbed and shot by her husband. He was subsequently found guilty of attempted second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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