Sydney Sweeney is the latest glamorous movie star to portray a sports legend, in the upcoming boxing biopic Christy . In this film by director David Michôd, we get a dramatization of the life of International Boxing Hall of Fame icon Christy Martin. Arguably the most famous female boxer in the world, Christy Martin grew up in West Virginia in the ’70s and ’80s. She went on to worldwide fame, becoming the first woman elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020. We now have a trailer for Christy , which hits theaters later this year, just in time for awards season:

And here’s the official synopsis for Christy from Black Bear Films:

Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney) never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching

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