Ris­ing box­ing tal­ent Raith Ram­nath is cry­ing foul af­ter be­ing placed in an al­leged un­even­ly-matched bout with Unit­ed States-based T&T fight­er Jew­el Lam­bert at the just con­clud­ed Na­tion­al Box­ing Cham­pi­onships at the Jean Pierre Com­plex in Mu­cu­rapo.

The fight cost Ram­nath her third loss in her short ca­reer, but is­sues of un­der-hand­ed­ness an­gered her at a press con­fer­ence at the Ali­cia's Guest House in St Ann's on Tues­day.

Ram­nath's man­age­ment team, head­ed by pro­mot­er and match-mak­er Boxu Potts said the weigh-ins were done at sep­a­rate venues in Mara­bel­la and San­gre Grande, which is a breach of pro­to­col in the sport that led to Lam­bert en­ter­ing the ring heav­ier than she ought to in the 49-51 kg con­test.

"This is cor­rup­tion and there­fore, the bout should be ruled null and void, and all the of­fi­cials of the T&T Box­ing As­so­ci­a­tion should re­sign im­me­di­ate­ly," Potts said. Potts who be­lieves the op­er­a­tions of the TT­BA has been coun­ter­pro­duc­tive and hinges on the de­vel­op­ment of young box­ers de­scribed the weigh-ins as il­le­gal.

"As we are all aware, the laws of the land su­per­sedes any of AI­BA's laws, and the laws of the lands said when­ev­er a box­er has to fight in T&T, a per­mit must be grant­ed by the T&T Box­ing Board of Con­trol, to en­sure the fight is a le­gal one. In Faith Ram­nath's case, one of the box­ers weighed-in in San­gre Grande, while Ram­nath weighed-in at Bat­too Av­enue Mara­bel­la. That weigh-in is an il­le­gal one. No one from Ram­nath's team wit­nessed the weigh-in of Lam­bert and vice ver­sa. When a fight is tak­ing place the box­ing board must en­sure that it is even."

Ram­nath said all she wants is the op­por­tu­ni­ty to rep­re­sent her coun­try and have fair fights.

Potts took a jab at Ria Ram­nar­ine, his ex-fight­er, who is a mem­ber of the TT­BA, and un­der whose watch he said, an il­le­gal weigh-in took place.

At­tempts to con­tact Ce­cil Forde, pres­i­dent of the TT­BA for a com­ment, proved fu­tile.