By Rawle Toney in Birmingham (Team Guyana Press Attache`)
Thirty-two years, and seven Commonwealth Games. That’s how long it has been since Guyana won its last medal in the sport of boxing at the former British Empire Games.
However, at the 22nd hosting of the games in Birmingham, England, Keevin Allicock handed the country a perfect start in its quest to replicate or better Wesley Christmas 1990 bronze medal performance in Auckland, New Zealand.
Allicock, the first boxer since John Douglas (1996) to feature at the Olympics, had an impressive performance in his bantamweight clash with Kenya’s Okoth Okongo in Round-of-32 action at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).