Ceon Bristol, head of Briso Promotions, promoters of this Sunday night’s Pro/Am boxing card at the National Gymnasium said yesterday that the atmosphere for the fights will be electrifying.
“The atmosphere is going to be electric and all systems are in place for an electrifying and thrilling night of action,” he told Stabroek Sports.
According to Bristol in a release to this newspaper, the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am Card is considered by many pundits as the biggest fight card in more than a decade and is expected to exceed the atmosphere and quality of the Patrick Forde Memorial Championships, which is the yardstick for a local boxing event.
Five exciting professional bouts and an amateur section of equal measure are established for the event that will be headlined and co-headlined by Elton Dharry and Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques respectively.
Dharry is not yet in Guyana, he is due to arrive on Thursday.
“Dharry is going to arrive on local shores on the 18th. All the other fighters will be travelling on the 18th and everyone will be in Guyana on the 19th” Bristol declared.
Dharry will enter the squared circle against Ronald Ramos in an eight-round bantamweight fixture whilst Marques will battle Luis Carrillo in an eight-round super bantamweight encounter.
Ticket sales for the highly anticipated ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card will commence today at the singular location, the Hot and Spicy Creole Corner on Albert & Third Street, Alberttown.
According to the press release, Bristol stated, “Ticket sales will commence from tomorrow [Today]. It will be at Hot & Spicy Creole Corner and this is the sole location that will be utilised to sell tickets. The prizes are: VVIP $10,000, VIP $6000, Ringside $3000, and Stands $1000.”
According to Bristol, “The most important aspect is that we are covering all the layers of boxing and what I mean by this is that from juniors to elite, young professionals to junior and senior professionals will be on show. We are covering both males and females. We have a very packed and balanced card which comprises five professional and five amateur bouts.”
He added, “Most of our professional bouts are going to be Guyanese matching up with foreigners, we also have a female supporting bout with a female from Panama versus a female from Colombia.
A Caribbean rivalry will also recommence as Terrence Adams is penciled down to face off against Barbadian Ricardo Blackman while Anthony Augustin will match skills with Emmanuel Anderson also of Barbados. The card will also feature a six-round Super Flyweight bout between Natalya Delgado and Darianis Garcia
In the amateur segment, Jamaica’s Britney MacFarlane is scheduled to battle local star Alesha Jackman whilst Trinidad and Tobago champion Lee Ann Boodram will enter the squared circle against Abiola Jackman, the sibling of Alesha.
The sisters are the first-ever Guyanese female pugilists to attain a world ranking from the International Boxing Association (IBA), after their participation at the Women’s World Championships in New Delhi, India. Abiola Jackman is now ranked 27th in the world in the Elite Women 81 and over Kg or heavyweight division, with Alesha seeded 58th in the Elite Women 60-63 Kg or junior welterweight division.
The May 21 fight night will mark Dharry’s return to the ring in over a year and will serve as a tune-up for his July encounter on local shores with Hugo Hernandez of Mexico for the WBC Silver Belt. Dharry, 37, fought for the WBA Super flyweight title in 2019 but suffered a controversial ninth-round stoppage loss to Australian Andrew Maloney in Melbourne, Australia.
