The return of the four boxers stranded in Cuba since March is imminent.
This is according to President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle.
Ninvalle told this newspaper yesterday that “the possibility exists that they will return within the next week.”
The GBA head then disclosed that he has received “tremendous support from the government in particular the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Director of Sport, Christopher Jones and President and the Executive of Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) as it relates to this episode.”
He further said that “It is good to note that all hands are onboard with regards to getting them back on home soil.”
The four pugilists, Keevin Allicock, Colin Lewis, Desmond Amsterdam and Dennis Thomas departed on January 4 for a three-month training stint ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers which was scheduled to be held four months ago.
The quartet was scheduled to return home on March 19 before traveling to Argentina for the March 26-April 3 Olympic Qualifiers which had to be shelved.
Those scheduled plans were all thwarted following the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed in excess of 600,000 lives worldwide including 19 Guyanese to date. (Emmerson Campbell)
