The Berbice Jammers once again took home the best gym award while Tiquan Sampson fought his way to the best boxer trophy when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) second Pepsi/Mike Parris U-16 tournament for 2022 was staged Saturday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.
On the back of victories from young stars Travis Sancho, Matthew Thomas, Aubrey Austin, Jehaul Haniff and Jadon Lewis, the Berbice outfit once again secured the best gym accolade.
Meanwhile, Sampson (48-50kg) of the Forgotten Youth Foundation Gym, showed his class with a first round stoppage of Jandon King en route to earning the coveted accolade of best boxer.
In keeping with its mandate of staging the event twice per month, the GBA will stage the third fixture for the year once again in two weeks at the same venue.
In an effort to keep the competitive juices of the teen boxers can flowing, President of the association, Steve Ninvalle stated that the tournament will be held twice per month as international events are imminent.
With the Caribbean Schoolboys and juniors tournament set for August, Ninvalle said “we would need to have our young pugilist have as much competition as possible.”
At the last event, Jeremiah Duncan, hailing from the Young Achievers Boxing gym earned the coveted best boxer award, while Vergenoegen and Berbice Jammers were joint winners for the Best Gym trophy.
In excess of 40 boxers are once again expected to be in the ring, battling for trophies and medals.
