A historic weekend of boxing is on the cards.
This is according to President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle referring to the Lennox Blackmore Intermediate Championships which will be staged from tomorrow evening at the National Gymnasium.
The three-night fixture starts at 19:00hrs and will see in excess of 50 boxers from 10 or more gyms competing for trophies and medals.
Ninvalle noted that this will mark the first time that boxers from Regions 1, 8, 9 will be competing in the Intermediate Championships.
Ninvalle added that “The bell will sound again to signal the competition between the GDF Gym and the game Republican outfit.”
Meanwhile, according to Technical Director of the GBA, Terrence Poole, the weigh-in and medical checkups will be done this afternoon from 17:00hrs at the Gymnasium.
The Guyana Defense Force (GDF) was the recipient of the best gym award in 2017.
It is the fourth year since the GBA has decided to honour notable local boxers by naming tournaments after them.
Blackmoore, Guyana’s first Commonwealth champion had a professional record of 25 wins and five losses.
Notes: The US-based Blackmore won the British Commonwealth lightweight title on October 1, 1977, after defeating Nigerian Jonathan Dele on points in Lagos, Nigeria in a 15-round bout.
Blackmore, 67, also challenged for the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title against Aaron Pryor and World Boxing Council (WBC) FECARBOX light welterweight title against Antonio Cervantes in 1981.
