Sydney Sweeney Knocks Out Christy Martin in Rock ’Em Sock ’Em & Talks Her Pro Boxing Ambitions

I can't answer this. You're like a mug. I mean, come on. That was bad. That was bad behavior. Christy! Christy! Stick your tongue out. Too short for this. Hey, it's the new Sweeney. I'm Christy Martin. And we're here with Sports Illustrated. Well, Christy, we're back in the ring with SI. We're about to ask each other some questions and then go a few rounds. I hope you're ready. We'll see. Question number one. Christy, what did you learn about Sydney when you got a chance to spar with her? I learned that she's much stronger than I anticipated. And she has more power in her punches than I think people give her credit for. Thank you. Sydney, you choreographed combinations from Christy's real fights. Which bout was the hardest to recreate? I mean, it was so hard doing the Layla Ali fight. Just because you're such a badass and everything, and then I was just getting hit constantly. I don't know how you did it. That fight kind of sucks. I just wanted to beat her up. We could have left that one out of the movie. We could have, but it was... Yeah. That was hard. That was really hard. That was a hard one for me, too. I mean, but it was crazy. There were moments where it was like 17 punches back-to-back, and you just kept fighting. Yeah, that one. You're the only female boxer ever to cover Sports Illustrated. Who should be number two? Christy Martin and Sydney Sweeney should be number two. Kind of cool. No question. Kind of cool. I mean, no one's come along yet that deserves to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated but us. It's all you. We're doing a duo. It's all you. You said you had fun putting on weight for the role. What was the process like losing it afterward? So, I had like seven weeks in between wrapping Christy and starting Housemaid and Euphoria, so I had to be pretty strict with myself. I put on about 35 pounds, and the moment I stopped going to the gym, though, and I stopped taking the protein shakes and the creatine, I dropped a lot pretty quickly, and then I had to be really strict. That's always the way it goes when you get down to those last few pounds. The last ten. The last ten, we're like, we really want to stay with you. But no, I had to be pretty strict. I never had that problem to gain weight, but it's not been my problem. I loved it. Laila Ali and Clarissa Shields have been going back and forth for months. Prime versus Prime. Who wins that fight? No question. Laila Ali knocks her out. Easy work for Laila. Probably easy work for Laila at 46. But I don't think it's going to happen. What a crazy fight. Yeah. And Chrissy, the pink BMW was a real status symbol. Tell us about the pink Harley-Davidson and 694 you each bought in real life when you reached status. You got a pink Harley-Davidson? I had a pink Harley-Davidson with boxing pictures painted on it. No way! It was a 1200 custom. It would fly. Where would you ride this? In Florida. Do you still have it? No, I lost my balance after I had the stroke. And so I was scared to ride it. I loved it. It was so much fun. Freedom? Oh, nothing feels more free than riding a motorcycle. That's awesome. And look, I can ride it down in Key West. I was going to say, you can take it down. Dang, maybe I'll have to get another one. Where is it? We've got to find it. It's gone. It's sold. We'll find it. My dream was to always have a Bronco. So I got a Bronco and I fixed it up myself. Wow. Yourself? Myself. I changed the brake pads because it was drum brakes. No way. I changed it, sadly, from a manual to an automatic. I wish I didn't, but in L.A. driving a manual is so hard. Oh, I can't imagine. That's cool. You still have it? I do. I drive it. You drive it in L.A.? Yeah. Oh my, I bet you're not spotted much. Sadly, it's not the best incognito car. No, in Florida I have a 1953 Fiat and that one's manual. And I'll drive it around. It has like wicker seats. Just drive it around. Wow. Yeah. Cool. But it's easy down there in Cuba. Oh, no. I'm about to kick your butt. Come on. Let's do it. All right. I've never actually done this before. Are we getting a ding ding? How do you know who wins? I'm going to knock your block off and you'll see. Knock my block off? Yeah. What? Okay, ready? Yep. Wait. I won. Well, that sucked. I got round one. I taught you too well. You did. All right. I love Rocky. I turned my grandma's shed. I called it my Rocky Gym. I put a floor ring in and some bags and I trained up there. I brought Matt and Grant and they stayed up there with me and we trained up there. So, I felt like I was having my Rocky moment. That movie just makes everybody want to go to the boxing gym, I think. You ran the steps. I did. Yeah. I'm a Minnesota champ. That's awesome. Yeah. We ran the steps. We did the whole Rocky Gym. That's so cool. All right. Let's see. There's an awesome scene of you shadow boxing in Don King's office in this film. What inspired you to do that? And you must be the lady I've been hearing so much about. And you're really a fighter? Yes, sir. Well, what inspired me to shadow box for Don King was the fact that the video wouldn't work. Do you know about VCRs? I mean, I... Yeah. We used to have VCRs. And there was a VCR. And so, I'm in a panic situation in front of Don King. I have to show him that I can fight. So, I just stood up and started shadow boxing and I step over and throw a left hook to the body. And, like, Julio Cesar Chavez is famous for that. I didn't realize he was in the building. So, here I am trying to throw the Chavez hook and he's actually in the building, so. That's so cool. Yeah. It's kind of cool. That was pretty badass that you did that. Yeah. Okay, Chrissy. Okay. Okay, Chrissy. Oh, my God. How would you rate NASCAR driver Austin Dillon as a wingman after he introduced William Byron to you and said Travis and Taylor would have nothing on you two? I mean, wingman rating? That's a pretty good wingman. Austin, you're great friends. I give you props. You followed Holly Holm years before she shocked the UFC world. What went through your mind when she knocked out Ronda Rousey? 100% was not surprised. Actually, I may have even bet on the fight. Holly Holm is not a great fighter, but Ronda Rousey is not a very good fighter at all. She was a lot of, like, hype and media behind her. So, I know that styles make fights. And Ronda Rousey fights, like, my style going forward. And Holly Holm was just going to sit back and wait for her to make a mistake and knock her out. And she did. Ronda just wanted to get everyone on the ground. Yep. And Holly Holm wasn't going to do that. She's a big girl, and she knocked her the f*** out. That would be brutal fire. Your Euphoria friends Zendaya played a tennis star in Challengers, or anyone but you co-star Glenn Powell played a quarterback in Chad Powers, and you became a boxing legend in Christie. Which of you would make the best and worst pro athlete in each sport? I can't answer this. What's your favorite scene in Christie, and why? I loved all the boxing scenes. Every time I got to fight, it came to life. Yeah. What's your favorite? So, for me, like, there's two different kinds of favorites. Okay. One favorite that makes me laugh is when you come out with the walker over your shoulder. Yeah. Because it's so true. You don't go anywhere without your walker. Doctor's orders. And then you look at, you know, Lisa f***ing Hollowine. Mm-hmm. That makes me laugh. But the one that makes me cry is when after I get out of the hospital and my team's all back in the gym. Yeah. Miguel, Jimmy, Jeff, everybody, and we're hugging, and it just makes me cry because I can feel the emotions of that being there. It was a very emotional scene to film. I feel like everybody felt that when we all, like, came together. Everyone just started crying. I can't believe I get knocked out by somebody who doesn't even know what the hell they're doing. You ready? Yeah. Let's go at each other. Ah. Who did it first? Is that a draw? Is this a draw? That's a draw. So that means I get three. All right, third draw. Okay, third round is the decider. Wow. Get down. Act right. Oh, this is for both of us. What's the best and worst fight movie of your careers? Movie, and mine is a fight. Oh, gotcha, gotcha. The worst fight of my career is the fight with Layla. Oh, my God. I stayed down on my knee, and I just wish she would have knocked me out because I feel like I quit. I did quit. I don't know. I've had a lot of bad movies in my lifetime. I feel like anything before I was 18, I would just like to, like, erase and forget. You have to start somewhere. That's the thing. You have to start somewhere. All those steps. No connections, did not know what I was doing, had to get stuff on my resume, auditioned for everything. Even if it was, like, no lines or one line, it was something. Were they great? Not all the time, but had to start somewhere. You seem to know the X's and O's when it comes to breaking the Internet. If you were coaching someone, what would you say the game plan to going viral is? Just be yourself. What's your favorite boxing moment depicted in this film? It's a tough one because if you look at, like, the Don King stuff, just in his office, I think that's a boxing moment. It was awesome, and, like, to know that that's really how it happened. But no, no, no, no. No, no, no. No. What about all your smack? I was going to say, all that smack you got. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was my favorite. That's the best. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But that's what I loved. You're, like, mugged. I mean, come on. That was bad. That was bad behavior. But the other stuff, 100%. I would do it again. That move was not good. That was bad behavior. Stick your tongue out. Yeah. All day. So fun. We've seen you surf, skydive, drive NASCAR, jet ski, and ride a motorcycle. What's been your wildest sporting side quest yet? I mean, skydiving was pretty wild, but I honestly think it was boxing. I think it's cool. Maybe we go and we do a few fights. We're going to do this. Yeah. You think I'm joking. I have the contract. I know you do. You think I'm joking. There might be a year where I'm like, bye, guys. Christy and I are going to go train. Yeah. We're going to revisit that. In the fight with Mia St. John, you dropped your guard and stuck your tongue out while she was punching you. What was going through your mind in that moment? Well, what people didn't know is that I had a stroke three months before that fight, and the doctor told me don't take a fight. But I'm a pretty arrogant, cocky ass, and I thought no matter what happened to me, I could still beat Mia. And that wasn't the truth. I should have listened to the doctor. So it was kind of like I wanted her to know she couldn't hurt me, but I was also giving up. You know, I was like, I'm done. I realized boxing is out of my life. It sucked. I lost to a bum. A bum man. Tell us about the first real fight either of you ever got into. Like a fist fight? Have you ever been in a fight? You've probably never been in a fight. Have you ever been in a real fight? Yeah. Well, I mean like outside of the... Yes, because somebody picked on my little brother, and I had to stand up for him. So, yeah, it got to be a real fight. Did you win? I don't even know. I think so. I bet you did. But it was, you know, you can't pick on my brother. Never. And he was just a little guy. I was like that with my little brother. Yeah. All right. Shall we see who wins the last round? There we go. Okay, ready? Three, two, one. I think you got me first. I think so, too. I think you got me first. Good fight. Good job. So, we're all tied. We had a draw. Oh, so we're tied, tied. Do we have to do another round? I don't know. How competitive are you? I mean, I'm pretty competitive. Let's do it. All right. Ready? It was pretty close. I don't know. We're just equal because you know what? You got on the Christy shorts. I'm Christy. No, we're together. Yeah, we're one and the same. Thank you so much for watching us answer some questions and destroy each other in Rock'em Sock'em. This is so fun. I think it's very funny that you've never done Rock'em Sock'em before. No, this was fun. But that was cool. That was pretty cool.