A TEENAGE fighter has won her first professional boxing fight with a technical knockout in the first round.

Kennedy Freeman, 17, the daughter of mixed martial artist Ian 'The Machine' Freeman, took one minute and 32 seconds to beat 24-year-old Danielle Smith, who is also from Stanley in County Durham.

The pair met at NE6 Suite in Walker, Newcastle on Sunday for the FFC Pro Boxing Women’s 60 Kilo title.

Miss Freeman said: “As soon as I got in there I tried to finish her straight away.

“We stood toe to toe for a bit, but I batted her against the cage and finished her off with a few body shots. She could not carry one. She could not breathe. They had to stop the fight.

“That was it. It was over within one minute and 32 seconds.”

Miss Freeman last year won a gold medal at the ICO World Championships in Paris and also holds the British Freestyle Kickboxing and Karate Organisation British Full Contact Cadet title.

She also won a gold medal at the World Organisation of Martial Arts Athletes World Games, in Telford, Shropshire

She is planning to study for a diploma in sport at New College Durham in September and coaches youngsters in martial arts at her father’s gym.

The former Tanfield School pupil said her famous fighting father was in her corner for her title winning fight.

Mr Freeman was the British light heavyweight champion of Cage Rage and the first English person to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Miss Freeman said: “He was coaching me and was in the corner. He knew it was not going to go the distance. I have been training really hard and he said my performance was excellent and he was chuffed for me.

“I do not normally fight boxing, I usually fight K1, which is a different style of fighting with knees and low kicks, but that was all I could get on the day.

“Boxing is a bit of step back for me but I think he is proud I have got another title. He really wants me to move on to mixed martial arts, which I will be.”