Christy Martin (49-7-3, 32) was born in Mullens, West Virginia, U.S. on June 12, 1968. At the age of 21 years on September 9, 1989, she made her professional boxing debut against Angela Buchanan, losing the fight via 5-round points decision.
On her 57th career fight at 41 years old, Martin became a super-welterweight world champion on September 9, 2009 after defeating Dakota Stone via 10-round majority decision to win the vacant WBC title.
Martin's last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Mia St. John at age 44 on August 14, 2012. She retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Christy Martin's best fight was against Mia St. John.
Martin has 7 losses on her boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Christy Martin Losses".
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Aug 14, 2012 44 years, 2 months 49-7-3 (32) | 45 years, 1 month 46-11-2 (18) | SWL | 10 | UD | Loss | |
58 | Jun 4, 2011 42 years, 11 months 49-6-3 (32) | Dakota Stone | 6 | TKO | Loss | |
57 | Sep 9, 2009 41 years, 2 months 49-5-3 (32) | Dakota Stone | SWL | 10 | MD | Win Won WBC Vacant |
56 | Aug 1, 2009 41 years, 1 months 48-5-3 (32) | Cimberly Harris | 6 | SD | Win | |
55 | Jul 18, 2008 40 years, 1 months 47-5-3 (32) | Valerie Mahfood | MD | 8 | MD | Draw |
54 | Jun 2, 2007 38 years, 11 months 47-5-2 (32) | Amy Yuratovac | 2 | UD | Win | |
53 | Oct 6, 2006 38 years, 3 months 46-5-2 (32) | Angelica Martinez | 10 | SD | Loss | |
52 | Sep 16, 2005 37 years, 3 months 46-4-2 (32) | Holly Holm | 10 | UD | Loss | |
51 | Apr 30, 2005 36 years, 10 months 46-3-2 (32) | Lana Alexander | 2 | KO | Win | |
Aug 23, 2003 35 years, 2 months 45-3-2 (31) | 25 years, 7 months 15-0 (12) | SMD | 4 | KO | Loss | |
Dec 6, 2002 34 years, 5 months 45-2-2 (31) | 35 years, 5 months 26-1-1 (13) | 10 | UD | Win | ||
48 | Nov 17, 2001 33 years, 5 months 44-2-2 (31) | Lisa Holewyne | 10 | UD | Win | |
47 | May 12, 2001 32 years, 11 months 43-2-2 (31) | Kathy Collins | 10 | MD | Win | |
46 | Mar 3, 2001 32 years, 8 months 42-2-2 (31) | Jeanne Martinez | 10 | UD | Win | |
45 | Dec 2, 2000 32 years, 5 months 41-2-2 (31) | Sabrina Hall | 1 | KO | Win | |
44 | Aug 12, 2000 32 years, 2 months 40-2-2 (30) | Dianna Lewis | 10 | UD | Win | |
43 | Mar 3, 2000 31 years, 8 months 39-2-2 (30) | Belinda Laracuente | 8 | MD | Win | |
42 | Oct 2, 1999 31 years, 3 months 38-2-2 (30) | Daniella Somers | 5 | TKO | Win | |
41 | Apr 24, 1999 30 years, 10 months 37-2-2 (29) | Jovette Jackson | 1 | TKO | Win | |
40 | Dec 18, 1998 30 years, 6 months 36-2-2 (28) | Sumya Anani | 10 | MD | Loss | |
39 | Sep 19, 1998 30 years, 3 months 36-1-2 (28) | Christine Robinson | 5 | TKO | Win | |
38 | Aug 29, 1998 30 years, 2 months 35-1-2 (27) | Cheryl Nance | 9 | TKO | Win | |
37 | Dec 5, 1997 29 years, 5 months 34-1-2 (26) | Marcela Acuña | 10 | UD | Win | |
36 | Aug 23, 1997 29 years, 2 months 33-1-2 (26) | Isra Girgrah | 8 | UD | Win | |
35 | Jun 28, 1997 29 years 32-1-2 (26) | Andrea DeShong | 7 | TKO | Win | |
34 | Nov 9, 1996 28 years, 4 months 31-1-2 (25) | Bethany Payne | 1 | TKO | Win | |
33 | Sep 7, 1996 28 years, 2 months 30-1-2 (24) | Melinda Robinson | 4 | KO | Win | |
32 | Mar 16, 1996 27 years, 9 months 29-1-2 (23) | Deirdre Gogarty | 6 | UD | Win | |
31 | Feb 24, 1996 27 years, 8 months 28-1-2 (23) | Del Pettis | 1 | TKO | Win | |
30 | Feb 10, 1996 27 years, 7 months 27-1-2 (22) | Sue Chase | 3 | TKO | Win | |
29 | Jan 13, 1996 27 years, 7 months 26-1-2 (21) | Melinda Robinson | 6 | UD | Win | |
28 | Dec 16, 1995 27 years, 6 months 25-1-2 (21) | Erica Schmidlin | 1 | TKO | Win | |
27 | Aug 12, 1995 27 years, 2 months 24-1-2 (20) | Angela Buchanan | 2 | TKO | Win | |
26 | Apr 1, 1995 26 years, 9 months 23-1-2 (19) | Beverly Szymanski | 4 | KO | Win | |
25 | Sep 12, 1994 26 years, 3 months 22-1-2 (18) | Chris Kreuz | 4 | TKO | Win | |
24 | May 7, 1994 25 years, 10 months 21-1-2 (17) | Laura Serrano | 6 | UD | Draw | |
23 | Mar 4, 1994 25 years, 8 months 21-1-1 (17) | Sonja Donlevy | 1 | TKO | Win | |
22 | Jan 29, 1994 25 years, 7 months 20-1-1 (16) | Susie Melton | 1 | TKO | Win | |
21 | Oct 15, 1993 25 years, 4 months 19-1-1 (15) | Beverly Szymanski | 3 | KO | Win | |
20 | Aug 27, 1993 25 years, 2 months 18-1-1 (14) | Rebecca Kirkland | 1 | TKO | Win | |
19 | May 28, 1993 24 years, 11 months 17-1-1 (13) | Deborah Cruickshank | 1 | KO | Win | |
18 | Jan 29, 1993 24 years, 7 months 16-1-1 (12) | Susie Hughes | 1 | TKO | Win | |
17 | Nov 14, 1992 24 years, 5 months 15-1-1 (11) | Angela Buchanan | 1 | TKO | Win | |
16 | Sep 5, 1992 24 years, 2 months 14-1-1 (10) | Tracy Gordon | 1 | TKO | Win | |
15 | May 30, 1992 23 years, 11 months 13-1-1 (9) | Stacey Prestage | 8 | UD | Win | |
14 | Jan 25, 1992 23 years, 7 months 12-1-1 (9) | Jackie Thomas | 3 | TKO | Win | |
13 | Jan 11, 1992 23 years, 6 months 11-1-1 (8) | Rose Noble | 1 | TKO | Win | |
12 | Sep 10, 1991 23 years, 2 months 10-1-1 (7) | Shannon Davenport | 2 | TKO | Win | |
11 | May 25, 1991 22 years, 11 months 9-1-1 (6) | Rhonda Hefflin | 1 | KO | Win | |
10 | Mar 16, 1991 22 years, 9 months 8-1-1 (5) | Pat Watts | 1 | TKO | Win | |
9 | Feb 25, 1991 22 years, 8 months 7-1-1 (4) | Suzanne Riccio | 5 | PTS | Win | |
8 | Jan 12, 1991 22 years, 7 months 6-1-1 (4) | Jamie Whitcomb | 2 | TKO | Win | |
7 | Oct 27, 1990 22 years, 4 months 5-1-1 (3) | Lisa Holpp | 1 | TKO | Win | |
6 | Sep 22, 1990 22 years, 3 months 4-1-1 (2) | Jamie Whitcomb | 6 | PTS | Win | |
5 | Apr 21, 1990 21 years, 10 months 3-1-1 (2) | Andrea DeShong | 5 | PTS | Win | |
4 | Nov 4, 1989 21 years, 4 months 2-1-1 (2) | Andrea DeShong | 5 | MD | Loss | |
3 | Oct 21, 1989 21 years, 4 months 2-0-1 (2) | Tammy Jones | 1 | TKO | Win | |
2 | Sep 30, 1989 21 years, 3 months 1-0-1 (1) | Angela Buchanan | 2 | KO | Win | |
1 | Sep 9, 1989 21 years, 2 months 0-0-1 (0) | Angela Buchanan | 5 | PTS | Draw |