St. John avenges loss to Martin, both women retire

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Table Mountain Casino, Friant, California — Mia St. John (46-11-2, 18 KOs) won a hard fought ten round unanimous decision over Christy Martin (49-7-3, 31 KOs), to claim the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. St. John fought mostly a straight forward fight and got the better of the exchanges. This was a rematch of a 2002 fight, in which Martin won a ten round unanimous decision. The final scores were 97-93 and 96-94 twice. Both St. John and Martin announced their retirements after the bout.