Foreword -- Dead on the floor -- Coal miner's daughter -- The thing we carry, the things we hide -- How'd I get myself into a toughman contest? -- "Want to box, girl?" -- Meeting my mentor . . . and my menace -- What kind of proposal was that? -- Enter Don King -- The fight that legitimized me and women's boxing -- Bright lights, big city -- Big fights, ear bites -- Chasing a million dollar payday . . . and not getting it -- On boxing: it's not about violence; it's about self-control -- All done with Don King but not with fighting, inside and outside the ring -- Down for the count and ashamed of how I got there -- No place to run, no place to hide -- Sex, drugs and videotapes -- A champion again, but not for long -- Comeback to nowhere -- One life ends and so does another -- Necessary endings, new beginnings.