`We need to find a way to stop boxers jumping ship’

By Stabroek News On In Sports |
At the Road to London launching. From left are Guyana’s only Olympic medallist Michael Parris, Director of Sport Neil Kumar, GOA president K Juman-Yassin, Deputy British High Commissioner Michael Kearney and GABA president Steve Ninvalle.
At the Road to London launching. From left are Guyana’s only Olympic medallist Michael Parris, Director of Sport Neil Kumar, GOA president K Juman-Yassin, Deputy British High Commissioner Michael Kearney and GABA president Steve Ninvalle.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) launched its Road to London Olympics project at a small ceremony on Wednesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and heard a plea for an initiative to stop boxers jumping ship.

Dignitaries present at the ceremony included Guyana Amateur Boxing Association president Steve Ninvalle, Guyana‘s solitary Olympic medallist from the 1980 Moscow Games Michael Parris, Guyana Olympic Association President K Juman-Yassin, Director of Sport Neil Kumar and Deputy British High Commissioner Michael Kearney.

Speaking to the media and delegation present, Ninvalle highlighted the aim of this initiative by his organization. “We have selected 16 boxers which we