Christy Martin honored by Sydney Sweeny Casting, wants to train with her

Christi Martin‘is happy Sydney Sweeneyputs on her boxing gloves and says she’s excited for Syd to play her in a new biopic, and she wants to make sure her ring moves look authentic.

The boxing legend tells TMZ … she’s excited about Syd’s performance, especially since she has a background in MMA and martial arts — and says the actor’s performance could prove that dynamite comes in small packages!

Martin claims she had no say in the casting, and while she hasn’t spoken to Sweeney yet… she’d like to let her know how honored she is. she takes on the role.

Christy says she will definitely be involved in Sydney’s boxing training, especially helping the star with her left hook… giving her championship-level tools for the film.

Besides, Christy isn’t worried about people not thinking Sydney is a good actor. In fact, she completely refuted it recent comments from a certain Hollywood producer, as she told us… “I think she’s young, pretty and talented and about to make a movie that in twenty years fathers will watch with their daughters to make them aware of domestic violence.”

When it comes to her hopes for the script, Christy says it’s about more than her boxing journey: “I want this film to raise awareness about domestic violence, the challenge of sexuality and the overall underdog story. I’m the daughter of a coal miner from a small town in southern West Virginia who made his mark in a sport that wasn’t taken seriously: women’s boxing.”

In addition to her historic boxing career, Christy survived an assassination attempt by her then-husband in 2010, and later came out as gay and married a woman… so there are a lot of layers that will be prominent in her story. .

As for her on-screen involvement, Christy thinks a cameo in the movie would be cool, as well as a nice nod to her fans.

As we told you, Sydney is up for the role… and tells Deadline she’s excited to put her years of combat training to use for the new role.