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Some stories of athletes are filled with grit and determination.

Boxer Shantel Adams would know something about that after she battled through a trouble shoulder injury to secure a unanimous win in Venezuela. Now saying that is one thing, but seeing the injury happen, is something else. Take a look for yourself.
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00:00Well there was no question who won the fight between TNT's Chantal Adams and Venezuelan
00:05Winema Lopez.
00:06Apart from the judges raising the hand of Adams at the end of the bout, Adams putting
00:11on a telling display of hand speed while buckling the head of her opponent in high altitude.
00:17The cool breeze was cut through with venom as Lopez was on the back foot for the majority
00:22of the fight.
00:23However, there was one moment in Adams' dominant performance that showed weakness.
00:27A gruesome looking moment.
00:29She took a knee and count in the latter rounds.
00:33She explained what caused her to take a count.
00:36Well, I have a shoulder injury so it kind of slipped out during the fight so I had to take
00:41a knee but that didn't stop me from finishing the fight too long.
00:44I was able to finish the fight and win all rounds besides the fight the fifth round and
00:49I was able to achieve a unanimous decision so it's still a win.
00:55Adams thanked her team for supporting her after the win.
00:58Well, first thing first I wanted to say thanks to God for the opportunity because it was him
01:02doing me here.
01:04Thanks to my coach for bringing me this far and also thanks to my promoter of our support
01:08for the support from the get-go.
01:11You know, this fight was a tough fight.
01:15We win the full decision fight but I wanted to test myself based on the altitude that we
01:21are currently at.
01:22I was able to go to the strongs and we still had gas in the tank.
01:26So thank you for watching.
01:27Next stop, please.
01:30See you next time.
01:30See you next time.
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