The contracts are in for the return of professional boxing.
Amid trash talk yesterday, the locally based combatants for the ‘Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption’ card inked their respective contracts at the headquarters of the boxing board at the Avenue of the Republic.
The ritual solidified their respective battles for the April 23 event scheduled for the National Stadium.
For the card which has garnered support from the government and corporate entities, USA based Elton Dharry will be its headliner with the Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques in the co-feature.
The event which has an international flavour with a blend of talented youth and experience will see the return of Imran ‘Magic’ Khan, James Walcott and Quincy Gomes, Laured Stewart and Romeo Norville.
Also, debutants, Stephen Da Silva and Richard James will match gloves in a lightweight four-rounder.
Dharry will face the undefeated Orlando Penalba from Panama.
Penalba has an unblemished record in 12 fights with a draw and will be facing Dharry in the featured bout of the evening.
Dharry, who has large fan base in the 592, will fight for the spoils of the WBC International super flyweight title while Marques will face flyweight, Gilberto Pedroza also of Panama be in the co-main event for the WBC Silver belt.
Khan will take on Anthony Narine in a six-round middleweight bout while Walcott will lace it up against James Moore in a four-round light heavyweight fight.
Gomes, one of the brightest local prospects, will look to add another win to his record when he takes on Barbados based Charwin Estwick for the local junior middleweight title. Stewart will battle Norville in a four-round light heavyweight scrap.
Tickets go on sale soon.
