Keevin Allicock lost his South American Games semi-final bout without throwing a single punch yesterday in Paraguay after failing to make weight prior to his 57kg bout versus Ecuador’s Jean Pachito.
Allicock, who won a bronze medal by virtue of reaching the semis, weighed in at 57.7kg and had about 30 minutes to sweat off the excess .7kg.
According to Technical Director of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Terrence Poole, Allicock did his best to sweat off the weight but weighed in at 57.1kg, losing the fight on the scales via Walk Over (WO).
In an immediate reaction, President of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle stated that he was “extremely disappointed.”
“I am extremely disappointed since he had a very good shot at winning the gold but I will await the report from the Technical Director, Terrence Poole.”
