NAME: Ryan Martin
AGE: 24
HOMETOWN: Chattanooga
Chattanooga native and lightweight professional boxer Ryan “Blue Chip” Martin is preparing for the most important fight of his life, set for this September in Las Vegas. Recently, we caught up with the one-time Olympic hopeful and former National Amateur Champion about his on-the-rise boxing career and growing up in the Scenic City.
I first got involved [in boxing] by my brother Courtney; he was a former amateur fighter, and he took me to the gym when I was around 7 or 8 years old. I enjoyed the one-on-one combat and all the challenges that came with the preparations.