Defending champions the Guyana Defence Force will look to make a successful defence of the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) 2023 edition of the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis National Novices Championships.
According to the GBA, the championships will kick off Friday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue and end on October 1.
Apart from the defending champions, the Guyana Police Force, the Forgotten Youth Foundation, the Pace and Power, Rose Hall, Vergenoegen and the Republican boxing gyms will all compete to see which gym has the best nursery. The action will commence on a daily basis at 18:00 hrs while the medical assessment and weight-in will occur tomorrow at the National Gymnasium from 16:00 hrs. GBA President Steve Ninvalle, in an invited comment, said that the National Novices Championships was where the sport’s developmental journey began.