Gloria Allred is saying that "sex discrimination" was behind the ref's decision to stop the June 4th bout because of a broken right hand for her client, Christy Martin, against Dakota Stone.
Martin's appeal is being heard Monday by the California State Athletic Commission.
Allred claims that a fight involving a male boxer in similar circumstances "would not have been stopped and that officials acted on a misguided notion of female lack of toughness or a greater need to protect female fighters."
Here's the highlights of the fight...
((HT: TopRank/youtube))
Martin was winning on all three scorecards when the ring doctor stopped the fight.
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