The Berbice Jammers once again took home the best gym award while Michael Greenidge fought his way to the best boxer trophy when the third Pepsi/Mike Parris U-16 Tournament for 2022 was staged on Saturday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.
On the back of victories from young stars, Marcus Humphrey, Curtis McDonald, Travis Sancho, Aubrey Austin and Javar Jones, the Berbice outfit once again secured the best gym accolade.
Meanwhile, Greenidge (47-49kg) of the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Gym, showed his class with a first round stoppage of Jaydon King en route to earning the coveted accolade of best boxer.
In keeping with its mandate of staging the event twice per month, the Guyana Boxing Association (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, Tiquan Samspon also hailing from the FYF gym earned the coveted best boxer award, while Berbice Jammers took home the Best Gym trophy.
In excess of 40 boxers are once again expected to be in the ring, battling for trophies and medals in another two weeks.
