Watch Keynote ReelShe Survived the Fight Nobody Saw
Christy Martin was the fighter who made the world take women's boxing seriously. She was also, for twenty years, living with the man who nearly killed her. She speaks now so other people get out sooner.
Why Audiences Remember Her
Most speakers on this subject ask an audience to imagine what abuse looks like. Christy Martin doesn't have to. She was a world champion — the first woman to fight on national television, on SHOWTIME, on pay-per-view, and the only female boxer ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. She beat professional fighters for a living.
And she went home to a man who controlled her money, her career, her identity, and eventually tried to end her life.
That contradiction is the reason her talks land. Every audience contains people who quietly believe that abuse happens to someone weaker, poorer, less capable than they are. Christy takes ninety minutes to dismantle that belief, and she does it without a lecture. She does it by telling the truth about her own life.
Attendees don't leave with statistics. They leave having reconsidered someone they know.
What She Speaks About
Domestic Violence & Coercive Control
How it starts, why leaving is the most dangerous moment, and what actually helps a survivor get out safely.
Recognizing What You're Not Supposed to See
For managers, clinicians, coaches and educators who encounter warning signs in daily interactions and miss them.
Children's Rights & Breaking the Cycle
The generational pattern of domestic trauma and where family and community interventions can break it forever.
Anti-Bullying & Youth Resilience
Tailored for student and athletic audiences, turning adversity and target-status into formidable strength.
LGBTQ Visibility & Truth
Living openly after decades of hiding, and addressing intimate partner abuse in relationships the world doesn't take seriously.
Sport, Grit & Rebuilding
The ultimate comeback story for general audiences who want pure athletic fight and resilience without the darkness.
Presentation Formats
Talks run 30 to 90 minutes. She stays afterward. She always stays afterward, and for many attendees that line — the one that forms after she speaks — is the part of the event that matters most.
Choose Your Audience
Corporate & Workplace
Recognizing warning signs in the workplace, supportive manager protocols, and employee safety programs.
Universities & Campus
Dating violence, Title IX awareness, peer intervention, and survivor advocacy for students and staff.
Conferences & Coalitions
Opening/closing keynotes for victim advocates, DV coalitions, healthcare clinicians, and law enforcement.