The final bell tolled for former Commonwealth and FECABOX featherweight champion, Patrick Forde, as he was laid to rest yesterday in New York after he succumbed to a heart attack on Sunday.
Forde, 54, is considered one of the greatest local boxers of all time, and was Guyana’s first boxer to fight for a world title on two occasions.
Forde made his professional boxing debut in April 1976 after an outstanding amateur career and he had a professional record of 19 wins and four losses.
Two of Forde’s four losses were to world champions.
Forde first fought Salvador Sanchez