Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021) on Netflix
TV-MA20211h 17mCrimeDocumentarySport
Christy Salters hits harder than many of the men in her West Virginia gym. Jim Martin trains her from 1989 and marries her; Don King puts her on a Mike Tyson undercard.
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Plot summary
Christy Salters grew up in Mullens, West Virginia, where she played several sports and impressed boxing trainers by hitting harder than many of the men. She started working with Jim Martin in 1989, and they married a few years later although he was about twenty-five years older. A string of small bouts led to Don King taking her on and putting her on the undercard of a 1996 Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, after which he marketed her and Martin as a husband-and-wife team. Behind the promotion, Martin told her that being lesbian meant she would never get another manager, called her his personal ATM, and kept her away from other people. He also installed cameras around their home.
Cast
- Deirdre Gogartyas Self - Professional Boxer
- Lisa Holewyneas Sef - Two-Time World Champion
- Joyce Saltersas Self - Christy's Mom
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film features the first interview Jim Martin gave after his incarceration for attempting to murder Christy Salters, and Salters said she had not known he would be part of the documentary.
- The Untold series' subjects were chosen by determining who would give a full picture without pushing an agenda; an initial list of fifty subjects was narrowed down through twenty interviews.
