Bess warned to prepare or suffer a beating against Barbadian based compatriot

Apr 10, 2011 Sports

Kurt Bess

Merely two days after the conclusion of the signing ceremony between the boxers participating in this month end ProAm boxing card, former amateur pugilist, Michael Pitman has sent a missive to local cruiserweight pugilist, Kurt Bess warning him to apply himself diligently to his training or face defeat.
Mr. Pitman is the trainer attached to the Carringtonville Village Boxing Club situated in St Michael Barbados where Barbados based Guyanese, Cleveland Fraser is honing his skills in preparation for the clash for the local cruiserweight title against Kurt Bess in the monthly ProAm boxing extravaganza in Linden on April 25 next.
Mr. Pitman, a top amateur of the eighties, feels that Fraser has the tools to defeat Best.
He said that the former fighter is a workaholic who trains diligently everyday. “Cleveland trains everyday and is focused for this fight,” said Pitman when asked to describe Fraser’s work ethic. The former Guyanese pugilist, however, admitted that he doesn’t know Bess and cannot say what his strong points are. “I am not Cleveland’s trainer but he operates out of my gym and from what I see everyday when he comes to gym I know that he will come to Guyana to fight,” revealed Pitman.
Meanwhile, Fraser’s manager, Raphael Jonas arrived in Guyana earlier in the week and signed the contract on behalf of his charge. He said that his fighter is a relatively young professional boxer but he has the will and determination of a champion. Mr. Jonas further revealed that his fighter has fought four times and has lost two of those bouts.
His last mishap occurred in Trinidad and Tobago where he lost to Shawn Corbin after the referee stopped their bout in the fourth round. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Jonas feels that his charge would redeem himself with a victory over Bess.
Meanwhile, Bess continued his preparations at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing gym yesterday afternoon under the tutelage of veteran trainer, George ‘Kanchi’ Oprecht.
The lanky Bess went through his paces on the heavy bag and later on, pounded away on the striking pads, under the direction of his coach. He also did several rounds on the heavy punching bag coupled with a hectic session with the skipping ropes before closing off with rigid calisthenics.
Bess has also exuded confidence of winning; a boast that should not be taken lightly especially after he had entered the ring as the underdog in his fight last year against local light/heavyweight king, Mitchell Rogers but exited the victor. Bess would be out to replicate that feat and claim his first title since fighting professionally.
There will be several other fights on the card including the return catchweight bout between Pauline London and Sharon Ward. Edmond DeClou and Winston Pompey will also battle for a second time after their first fight ended in a draw.
Each will attempt to define who is better, while Cassius Matthews, on the redemption trail after losing to Simeon Hardy in the March edition of the card, opposes Shawn Pyle, himself on the redemption trail after his loss to Mark Austin. With the exception of the Bess/Fraser bout which is scheduled for 12 rounds, all of the other professional bouts are over 4 rounds.
The organizers are also awaiting the list of amateur boxers that will comprise this edition of the card.
This month, the card has been shifted to the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground and will coincide with the annual town day activities.
Admission price remains at one thousand dollars. The card would be recorded for a showing on a later date.

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