The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will be hosting a card on Saturday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym geared towards the inclusion of the fistic sport in the annual Inter Guiana Games (IGG).
According to president of the association, Steve Ninvalle the international 12-fight card will attract pugilist from neighboring Suriname.
“The competition will be between Guyana and Suriname, it is a precursor into the possible hosting of boxing in the inter Guiana Games.
This is what this competition will be exploring”.
Ninvalle added that “we met with our Surinamese counterparts about two months ago and they will be sending a team of three and we have put the competition around that for them to fight against Guyanese.
We will also have all local bouts, a total of 12 fights are carded”.
Bell time is 15:00hrs.