Fresh off receiving his biggest reward in the boxing ring last month, WBA Super Middleweight ‘Gold’ Champion, Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen is giving back to the sport of boxing.
The Brooklyn-based boxer, through the National Sports Commission (NSC) handed over a quantity of boxing gear yesterday to the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym, which was destroyed by fire last week.
The gym has played an integral role in the development of the fistic sport in the Victory Valley community in Linden.
Allen (22-0-1, 14 KOs) who scored a convincing 10-round unanimous victory over Derrick ‘Take it to the Bank’Webster (28-2, 14 KOs) to claim the WBA Gold belt on February 15, is doing his part in an effort to restore a semblance of normalcy to the gym.
Upon learning of the tragedy, Allen reached out to Director of Sports Christopher Jones and arrangements were made to have the equipment handed over.
Allen, who briefly visited Guyana following his victory, believes that at all costs, fighters should not be deterred from learning and participating in the sport they love, and, he insisted that he will use his newfound fame and fortune in boxing to help set young fighters, especially those in communities labelled as ‘underprivileged’ to realize their dreams in the sport.
Orlan Rogers, who collected the boxing gear from Jones at the NSC’s Homestretch Avenue Headquarters, was full of gratitude and praise to the WBA title holder, adding “it’s good that he (Allen) was this generous and we are grateful for the support.
“The equipment will go a very long way in helping to restore the gym,” said Rogers. The boxing coach added that “the young boxers will be more eager to return to training and practicing when they learn that these equipment were sent to them from the ‘champ’, so thanks to Lennox (Allen) for his donation.”
According to Jones, the NSC is happy to play the role of a conduit for the supplies from Allen to reach to the Pocket Rocket Gym, while pointing that the commission will also be handing over some other equipment to the gym.
Meanwhile, both Rogers and Jones related that efforts are being made with the help of the Regional Democratic Counsel (RDC) in Region 10, to find a new home for the gym.
