Christy Martin, That was Then…. By Bernie McCoy

Its really not to difficult to imagine a scenario where several women, in various parts of the country, might have been sending long distance high fives to Laila Ali, last Saturday. They would have been watching, on TV, Christy Martin, on her hands and knees, gazing blearily into her corner as her husband/manager, Jim Martin, more than likely encouraging her to "stay down, stay down" Martin, of course did stay down, since, in fact, she was probably the last person in the Grand Casino in Biloxi, MS who wanted the one-sided boxing match with Laila Ali to continue. Those women? Lets give them names: Jovette Jackson, Del Pettis, Sue Chase, Angela Buchanan. They were all opponents that Christy Martin KO'd as part of a long string of carefully chosen bouts during her days as the "face" of Women's Read more [...]