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Sydney Sweeney appears to have her famous chest taped back for new role playing boxer Christy Martin


Sydney Sweeney showed off a shock physical transformation to play boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic as filming began in North Carolina on Sunday.

Known as 'The Coal Miner's Daughter' thanks to her father's job, Christy, 56, originally from West Virginia, is credited with putting women's boxing on the map after taking on Deirdre Gogarty in front of a sell-out crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1996. Christy, 56, originally from West Virginia , is credited with putting women's boxing on the map after taking on Deirdre Gogarty in front of a sell-out crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1996 - pictured with husband Jim in 1996 The Hall of Fame boxer gushed over Sweeney and also wholly refuted the claims that the Euphoria star 'is not pretty and she can't act' as previously stated by a top Hollywood producer.

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