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Cream of the crop on show as ‘Hurry Up’ presents fistic holiday action
President of the GBBC, Peter Abdool (extreme left), oversees the signing ceremony at his office yesterday.
When multiple champion, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore last entered the ring locally he had to pull out all the stops against a determined Venezuelan pugilist, Breilor Teran, and barely scraped home with a controversial points decision.
Five months later he faced off with Felipe Almanza at the Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, New York, USA and won the 6 rounder unanimously.
Now, a little over a year since he last stepped into the ring, the former local bantamweight and PABA Super/bantamweight champion is ready to resume fistic duties on a card he co-promotes with Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Bantamweight Champion, Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry, in collaboration with Pearl Vodka, a business entity out of the United States of America.
The card will also comprise several top local boxers with Moore matching gloves with Barbadian, Shurwyne Marshall.
Local lightweight champion, Revlon Lake, will put his title on the line as he attempts to reverse a 5th round knockout loss to CABOFE Lightweight Champion, Clive Atwell over 12 rounds while Dharry will oppose Barbadian, Ricardo Blackman in a warm up fight to a later defence of his CABOFE belt.
Unbeaten welterweight pugilist, Gladwin Dorway will look to continue his unblemished performance when he opposes Shawn Pile in a 6 rounds welterweight bout shortly after James Walcott matches gloves with Berbician, Kelsey George in a 6 rounds catchweight affair.
The boxers convened at the Abdool and Abdools Insurance Brokers offices, Avenue of the Republic, to consummate the deal with the contract signing rituals. The last time Lake stepped into the ring, it was against Atwell and he exited 5 rounds later, the victim of a vicious combination that poleaxed him.
He is still to arrive from his Barbados base but that did not stop Atwell from dispatching a missive to him that he (Lake) would suffer a similar fate.
The last time we fought, Lake said that he was not properly prepared for the bout and literally begged for a return.
Yesterday, Atwell, who has since changed his sobriquet to ‘The Punisher,’ boldly proclaimed that this time will be no different than the last. “The last time he said that he was not properly prepared, let’s hear what his excuse will be this time around,” said Atwell. “To be honest, Lake had no right being in the same ring with me,” he declared.
Meanwhile, President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool, complimented the promoters for their bold initiative. He said that it has been sometime since the traditional Boxing Day card was staged and he feels that the composition of the card suggests it will be action packed and he urged the public to support the venture.
The foreign boxers will be in Guyana this weekend while the locals have already opened camp at their respective gyms. Patrons are asked to pay $3,000 for a ringside seat, while the stands are $1,500. Bell time is 20:00hrs.
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