Six boxers have been shortlisted for possible selection for the Pan American Games qualifier scheduled for April in Nicaragua.
According to Technical Director of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Terrence Poole, Keevin Allicock (bantamweight), Desmond Amsterdam (middleweight), Colin Lewis (light welterweight), Jamal Eastman (lightweight), Markember Pierre (light heavyweight) and Sean Griffith (flyweight) have been identified in that order of priority for the qualifier.
Three standby boxers, Clairmont Gibson (bantamweight), Ashton Niles (light heavyweight) and Julius Kesney (flyweight) have also been named.
Training will be conducted twice daily and will commence tomorrow morning at 5:30am in the National Park and at 15:00hrs in the afternoon at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym.
The boxers will be under the watchful eyes of Poole, Sebert Blake, Gregory Cort, Clinton Moore, James Walcott and Cuban coach, Francisco Hernandez Roldan who recently returned for a second stint.