Two boxing contingents departed yesterday for Barbados and Uzbekistan on a quest to finish on the podium in their respective tournaments.
First up, a three-member outfit comprising IBA ranked Abiola Jackman (elite 81+kg) and Joel Williamson (elite 57-60kg) along with National Coach, Lennox Daniels flew to the ‘Land of the Flying Fish’.
The pair of pugilists will compete on a card today at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium.
Meanwhile, Guyana’s highest ranked boxer and Sportsman-of -The-Year, ‘Dynamite’ Desmond Amsterdam and Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Keevin Allicock, along with coach, Terrence Poole, departed for Uzbekistan.
Amsterdam, ranked 23rd by the governing body along with Allicock (ranked 54), will compete in the World Championships scheduled for May 1-14.
However, prior to the event, the pair will be a part of a high-level one-week training camp.
The departure comes on the heels of a 12-member team of nine boxers and three coaches which left for St. Lucia on Thursday to compete in the Champion-of-Champions event which will conclude tomorrow.
According to President of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, the departure of three contingents in one week is a historic feat.
“Undoubtedly this is the most active international week for the discipline in the history of the association. In the space of two days, 20 pugilists and officials will depart local shores to represent Guyana in three nations. This significant moment comes on the heels of having female boxers represent Guyana at the World Championships in India which resulted in historic rankings.
“We have continued to emphasize that we will be exposing our talents in every category and division and this is clearly indicative and evident of such. The team in particular that will be traveling to St. Lucia is littered with juniors and youth boxers which highlights our unrelenting attention on our nursery,” Ninvalle concluded.
