GDF retains Best Overall title at Novices Boxing Championship

Rocked! Omari Bentham (left) delivers a brutal left hook to the head of Shawn Cudjoe

– GDF’s Milo adjudged Best Novice fighter

In what is becoming a familiar sight, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) once again won the Best Overall Gym accolade when the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) National Novices Championship concluded last evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The army unit retained their title after accumulating 14 points at the conclusion of the three-day event, with the West Demerara outfit, the Vergenoegen Boxing Gym (VBG), finishing in the runner-up position on four points.

The other gyms that competed in the event were Pace and Power (P&P), the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), Rose Hall Jammers (RHJ), Andrew Six Head’ Lewis (ALBG), and New Amsterdam Boxing Academy (NABA).