It's hard for most people to believe that a boxer known for knocking out 32 of 49 opponents could be the victim of domestic violence, but that is what Christy Salters-Martin lived to tell a jury and CBS News contributor David Begnaud. Her husband tried to kill her, she says, but she refused to die. "I told him, 'You cannot kill me,' and I meant it. Just like the sun came up this morning, I meant it."

"Christy Martin - The Fight of Her Life," reported by Begnaud for "48 Hours," is streaming on Paramount +.

Christy Martin was a worldwide sensation in the boxing ring and was even on the cover of Sports Illustrated Getty Images

Christy Salters-Martin says she is an advocate for women in abusive relationships because of what she survived. On Nov. 23, 2010, after 19 years of marriage, C

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