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‘Hurry Up’ Moore stages fistic night of fury
Clive Atwell
Howard Eastman/Clive Atwell return to the ring
Reigning PABA and WBC CABOFE Super Bantamweight champion, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore, has combed the globe searching for that elusive fight that can turn him from a hardworking fighter into an international champion, or preferably, a world champion.
Despite winning most of his bouts Moore is yet to clinch that elusive world title and though he still nurtures ambitions of becoming a world champion, the man who has earned the sobriquet ‘Hurry Up’ has changed his focus slightly and will be promoting a boxing card scheduled for Saturday October 13 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
The card will feature several international fighters out of the USA while Moore will also lace up his gloves against Juan Carlos Pena of the Dominican Republic. Negotiations are still underway for this bout as well as the bout between Joseph Angola, a Columbian living in the USA and Edmond DeClou.
Moore said that he is still in discussions with the Columbian fighter but is confident that those negotiations will bear fruit. All of the other fights have been finalized and awaiting approval from officials of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC).
Moore recently returned from the USA after engaging in discussions with several promoters out of which several boxers
from that country will compete against local counterparts. One of them, Frank Olazo will match gloves with former European
Leon Moore
champion, Howard Eastman in an 8 rounds middleweight affair. Berbician, Kelsey George, who has had a torrid time ever since commencing his professional career, will match gloves with another American, Mateen Abdul, in a light/heavyweight 6 rounder while Joseph Angola.
Local featherweight champion, Clive Atwell, will also be in action against Barbadian based Guyanese, Gardiel Roberts. The former pugilist has distinguished himself in the featherweight division when he stopped Rudolph Fraser to capture the crown.
He returned one month later to knockout Revlon Lake even after that fighter had knocked out Mark Austin, who had earlier held Atwell to a draw.
John Douglas, Guyana’s only representative at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics will match gloves with Anthony Augustin in what should be a brutal fight among two musclemen in the heavyweight division.
Moore said that he had always nurtured ambitions of giving back to the sport that has been so good to him. He said that most of the established promoters have decided to take a break with only the GBBC engaged in such activity.
Moore further explained that while in the USA he spoke with a few established promoters and he has been able to broker a deal with them that involves several; competent fighters against locals. He said that the impending card is the first of a series that will see local fighters in frequent combat against their American and other counterparts.
Meanwhile, the local fighters have already affirmed their participation and have opened camp at gyms around the city. Kaieteur Sport will be keeping fans abreast of their activities.
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