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Sydney Sweeney Earns Rave Reviews For Christy Martin Biopic

Originally posted on BoxingNews.com | Last updated Sep 13, 2025 1:52 AM ET

Sydney Sweeney is earning rave reviews for her performance as Christy Martin in the biopic ‘Christy,’ after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

The film delves into the career of Christy Martin, who was one of the first big female boxers. Under the guidance of her trainer and future husband, Jim (played by Ben Foster), she soared to global fame, even becoming the first female boxer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The movie shows her rise as the super welterweight champion, a Boxing Hall of Famer, her family struggles and relationship with Jim that turned life-threatening. ‘Christy’ is set to hit theaters on November 7, but so far, the reception has been very positive.

“I absolutely loved it. I truly felt Christy’s power as I transformed. And I really enjoyed being able to train and work with incredible boxing coaches and weight trainers and nutritionists that helped me get to the place that I was for Christy,” Sweeney said

“I had a nutritionist work with me as well as a weight trainer and a boxing trainer. We upped my calorie intake and I started taking a lot of protein shakes and supplements and eating everything. I ate a lot of Smuckers, a lot of PB and J sandwiches, milkshakes, kind of just constantly always eating because we were so active. I was constantly burning it all off at the same time. So keeping it all up was quite a challenge,” Sweeney added

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