The Elton Dharry/Hugo Hernandez clash for the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver belt has been pushed back owing to an ankle injury suffered by the former in the ring during the ‘Return of the Scorpion’ card last Saturday at the National Gymnasium.
This is according to the USA based Dharry who spoke with this publication yesterday. The Dharry/Hernandez encounter was originally planned for July 15 in Guyana but Dharry stated that the fight will now be held in August following the injury which occurred during his unanimous decision win versus Colombian, Ronald Ramos.
“Getting injured is part of boxing,” said the 37-year-old yesterday. He added “The injury will need a few weeks to fully recover, I’II back training soon and I’m excited to be able to bring home big boxing matches to Guyana.”
Dharry divulged that the event will take place at the Everest Cricket Club ground tentatively on August 5 or 12.
“I’m confident in all my fights and I’m confident I will win the WBC silver title. I will give 100% to win.” Dharry is well aware that Father Time is ticking on his career and will no doubt pull out all the stops to get the ‘W’ whenever he steps into the ring against Hernandez.
What is certain however, is that he has to improve by leaps and bounds if he is to win his impending WBC Silver Belt title fight after a pedestrian, often dull performance on Saturday night against Ramos, 46, who had lost six of his last seven fights. Dharry, fought for the WBA super flyweight title in 2019 but suffered a controversial ninth-round stoppage loss to Australian Andrew Maloney in Melbourne.
