00:00Life in Women's Boxing. 32-year-old local boxer Chantal Adams secured a knockout win on debut in Edmonton, Canada
00:08to spark a revival of women's professional boxing.
00:11Adams was competing at the Lions Promotion Blood and Belt Tournament on Saturday where she defeated Clarissa Mutu in just
00:18the first round.
00:20Chantal Adams fighting under the guidance of Bharat Ramuta, competing in the undercard of the Lions Promotion Blood and Belt
00:27competition.
00:28She faced up against Clarissa Mutu in Canada. Adams coming into the fight weighing 140 pounds at 5 feet 7
00:37inches in her first professional fight.
00:40This contest did not leave round one.
00:43This fight is scheduled for five two-minute rounds.
00:48It's always nice when you start these fights. Get into the fight early. Don't wait. Don't wait.
00:54Don't wait. They're doing exactly that. They're getting into it. They're going to loosen themselves up a bit.
01:01Mutu's going straight back there. She got caught. Oh, she got caught. I think she got stunned a little bit.
01:07Yeah, I think she got caught. Oh, another left hand. Oh!
01:10Mutu is down.
01:15After the knockdown, her opponent never recovered.
01:18Adams is coming in there with...
01:21Oh, she's...
01:22That could be considered a knockdown.
01:24Rope's kept her up.
01:25That could have been.
01:28She's...
01:28Yeah, that fight's...
01:29That's fight's over.
01:30Yeah.
01:32First round stoppage.
01:34The ref bringing a very early end to this bout.
01:37The victory also secured fight of the night for Adams.
01:40I want to thank you to my coach, Sarah Turam.
01:43One of the best coaches in the world, I believe.
01:45And I just thank both of the promoters for giving me this opportunity for Lance Promotions.
01:51Thank you for just giving me this chance to just, you know, show my talent and for my debut fight.
01:57I think it was a good performance.
01:58And I want to say thank the crowd tonight and everybody who came out to see us fight.
02:03A humble response from a TNT fighter making her professional debut in boxing.
02:09Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
02:10Well, the performance of Chantal Adams is the fight has...
02:14That fight has raised the question of who is the best female boxer in TNT.
02:19Well, it's a question that the 32-year-old Adams would like the answer to.
02:23Her team has issued a challenge to 29-year-old female boxer Tiana Guy to determine who is the champion.
02:30Thus far, her team has indicated that Adams usually fights at 147 pounds,
02:36but has expressed willingness to come down to 135 pounds to fight Guy.
02:41In response, Guy's coach Rennell Cox stated that offers were made to arrange the fight in the past,
02:46but Adams' team turned it down.
02:48He still believes that the fight can happen provided that an offer is put on the table.
02:53Boxing promoter Boxer Potts is also on board to push the fight.
02:58Barron Ramutha and myself, I'm coming out of hibernation,
03:02is about to promote the Trinidad and Tobago lightweight title for this young lady.
03:10We're going to take two warmer fights.
03:11You can take as much fights as you want.
03:13You're going to lose them and go your customers in there.
03:15We're going to take two warmer fights, and we're going to be facing you in two months' time.
03:19Get ready.
03:21You're going to be facing you in two months' time.
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