In a little under two weeks, Gairy Sinclair, a Guyana-born boxing promoter and businessman, is to be inducted into the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame in Melbourne, Australia, where he now calls home.
“It is an honour. I don’t know how I got the nomination but I had 21 straight fights, straight wins and beating the best when I started living here,” says St Clair, 47, who became a former International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organisation junior lightweight champion while not knowing how to read or write.
“I did a lot of community and charity work for children and other people because I am a living example of being helped when I begged for help or I wouldn’t be talking with you,” he told Stabroek Weekend.