World Champion: Sport Saved My Life, Here's What It Cost! | Steve Martin

Champions Connect Podcast · Mar 14, 2025 · 1h 52m

What does it cost to win a world title in a country where boxing barely pays?

Steve Martin is a Maltese professional boxer and coach who won the vacant WBF world title at the Hilton in Malta in 2014 and runs his own boxing gym.

Steve Martin played football until about 17, then drifted into nights out with friends. A friend took him to kung fu, another to kickboxing, and after three or four months he had his first fight against a black belt. He got beaten up but stayed in to the end, and started training twice a day. At 21 or 22 he moved to boxing. Malta had no amateur boxing at the time, so…