After more than two decades, the CARIFTA Boxing Championship is set for a comeback and Guyana is scheduled to play host.
According to President of the Guyana Boxing Association, (GBA), Steve Ninvalle, the Youth and Junior event which was last staged in 1998, is scheduled for a return here from April 11-13.
Ninvalle, who is the brains behind the highly successful Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament, also noted that so far associations from the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Dominica have signaled their intentions to support the initiative.
The GBA head also pointed out that the hosting of the imminent tournament shows his association’s “unrelenting drive to ensure our Youth, Junior and Schoolboy categories are provided with all the resources necessary to bring them on par with Latin America, Europe and the wider world.”
“It wouldn’t be an easy task but I have a committed executive, Coaches Commission and Referees and Judges Commission. Combined with other external support, I have no doubt that this tournament will be a success,” Ninvalle reasoned.
