Fighting for Survival - My Journey through Boxing Fame, Abuse, Murder, and Resurrection

List of contents

Dedication
Foreword
Chapter 1: Dead on the floor
Chapter 2:Coal Miner's Daughter
Chapter 3: The thing we carry, the things we hide
Chapter 4:How'd I get myself into a Toughman contest?
Chapter 5: "Want to box, girl?"
Chapter 6: Meeting my mentor.and my menace
Chapter 7: What kind of proposal was that?
Chapter 8: Enter Don King
Chapter 9: The fight that legitimized me and women's boxing
Chapter 10: Bright lights, big city
Chapter 11: Big fights, ear bites
Chapter 12: Chasing a million dollar payday.and not getting it
Chapter 13: On Boxing: It's not about violence. It's about self-control
Chapter 14: All done with Don King but not with fighting, inside the ring and out
Chapter 15: Down for the count and ashamed of how I got there
Chapter 16: No place to run, no place to hide
Chapter 17: Sex, drugs and videotapes
Chapter 18: A champion again, but not for long
Chapter 19: Comeback to nowhere
Chapter 20: One life ends and so does another
Chapter 21: Necessary endings, new beginnings
About the authors

About the author

Christy Martin

Product details

• Authors: Ron Borges, Christy Martin
• Assisted by: King Don (Foreword)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 13.11.2025
• EAN: 9798216385202
• ISBN: 979-8-216-38520-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Assisted by: Ron Borges
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SELF-HELP / Abuse, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Family & relationships, Coping with personal problems, Biography: sport, Boxing, Gay & Lesbian studies, Violence in society, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / LGBTQ+, Coping with / advice about abuse, Relating to LGBTQIA+ people, LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics, Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues