Several standout boxers from the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Gym including Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Keevin Allicock, exhibited their skills yesterday at the Akbar Gym in Cornelia Ida, West Coast of Demerara.
According to FYF Head Coach, Sebert Blake, the exhibition bouts which also involved, Alesha and Abiola Jackman, Brian Harris and Mike Parris U-16 best boxer, Tiquan Sampson, has helped to aid in the preparation for upcoming international assignments.
The card was also geared towards “bringing awareness to the sport of boxing on the West Side”.
Allicock is set to attend the May 1-14 International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championships in Uzbekistan. Yesterday he matched gloves with gym mate, Patrick Harvey.
The Jackman sisters went toe-to-toe, while Harris took on Mark Crawford. Sampson laced it up against Shaquan James.
The Jackman sisters and Allicock gave a vote of thanks to the Akbar family following the event and according to Blake, it was a success.
“Mr Akbar was happy for us to come at the gym and do an exhibition to sensitize the public and we had good afternoon of exhibition boxing.”
Blake added that the event “necessitated the preparation for Keevin who will be competing at the world championships and also Alesha and Abiola and Brian who will be going off to St Lucia to represent Guyana.”
The siblings and Harris are scheduled to compete at the Caribbean Champions of Champions event from April 20 in the eastern Caribbean island.
“This exhibition helped in the preparation moving forward for those two international assignments for the boxers, so I want to extend my gratitude to Mr. Akbar and his family” Blake concluded.
