Emmy nominee Ben Foster (“Hell or High Water,” “The Survivor”), Emmy winner Merritt Wever (“Nurse Jackie,” “Unbelievable”), Katy O’Brian (“Love Lies Bleeding,” “Twisters”), Ethan Embry (“Sweet Home Alabama,” “Grace and Frankie”), Jess Gabor (“Shameless,” “Three Women”), and Chad L. Coleman (“The Wire,” “The Walking Dead”) have joined the cast of the upcoming Sydney Sweeney-led feature about boxer Christy Martin.
Martin is best known as the most successful female boxer of the 1990s. She went on to become the welterweight champion and is, to date, the only female boxer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. She was physically abused by her husband Jim Martin, who was also her
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