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Clive Atwell stops Revlon Lake’s flow, adds lightweight crown to bulging collection
Dharry, Dorway also register knockout victories
By Michael Benjamin
The prize was the local lightweight title held by Barbados based Guyanese, Revlon Lake, and Clive Atwell, while at the pre-fight press conference, told Lake that he would have knocked him out, relieving him of the accolade. In a classy act reminiscent of the Roberto Duran/Sugar Ray Leonard welterweight shindig, Atwell delivered on his promise and stopped his man in 2:35secs of the third round when they met on ‘Night of Champions’ boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Friday evening last.
In all, there were three knockouts, none more brutal than the bantamweight clash between Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry and Barbadian Ricardo Blackman. It took the Dharry a mere 2:10secs of the second stanza to convince the Barbadian that he had no business in the same space as him (Dharry) in their scheduled 8 rounds encounter.
Referee Dexter Torrington ushers Dharry to the neutral corner before he commences the count on a fallen Blackman.
Gladwin Dorway was also in a devastating mood and disposed of Shawn Pile in 1:10secs of the second round. The night’s proceedings got underway on a positive note for Mark Austin who pounded out a lopsided unanimous verdict over Troy Lewis in their 4 rounds catchweight affair.
Atwell was pure class as he stepped up the pace from the very first gong in a businesslike approach. He delivered some crisp jabs and followed through with vicious right crosses that pushed Lake backwards. Atwell then trapped his man in the red corner and delivered some pinpoint shots that forced Lake to cover up. The Barbados based Guyanese then reasserted himself and stitched in a few salvoes just before the end of the round.
Atwell continued where he had left off in the previous rounds and peppered Lake with jabs and right crosses. Lake spent most of the round in a self preservation mode, covering up for all he was worth. He did manage to stitch in a few tame punches but could not stave off the venomous attacks of Atwell.
The newly crowned lightweight king applied the heat in the third frame and had Lake scuttling around the ring seeking refuge. Atwell relentlessly pursued his man and delivered some telling blows that had Lake swaying like a ship on the stormy seas. Yet Lake refused to quit. His courage was truly inspiring but when Atwell landed a crisp three punch combination, Lakes legs became rubbery. The referee jumped in just as Atwell delivered several unanswered punches and Atwell had completed him mission in 2:10secs of the second stanza.
The Dharry/Blackman fight was a total mismatch with the dreadlocked Bajan taking a barrage of punches from the onset. He received several crunching offerings early in the first round and his show of defiance was merely regarded as delay tactics for the imminent. For the first time since returning to the local ring, Dharry displayed erratic tendencies, maybe from over anxiety. His punches lacked timings and on too many occasions he allowed the Bajan to lure him into a senseless brawl.
This was most evident in the 2nd round when the referee took away a point from Dharry’s score after he struck Blackman while he was down. Otherwise, it was a literal walk over for Dharry who forced the ‘third man’ to call a halt at 2:10secs of the second stanza.
Dorway was in an expansive mood and volunteered to teach Pile how to do the famous Samba dance.
He was such a good teacher that he needed just 1:10secs to achieve the feat. A left hook sent Pile to the canvass and he rose with a few tottering steps. Apparently not satisfied that his student had a hang of things, Dorway added a straight right to the left hook. This time Pile rose and added a few other steps to those already learned. Still not satisfied Dorway struck again and Pile tumbled down. He rose and did such a good imitation of the dance that the referee gave him an A grade before halting the session.
James Walcott won a majority verdict over Kelsey George in their return catchweight encounter to replicate the decision of their inaugural bout. Walcott was virtually unchallenged as he scored punches at will while George provided great target practice. The judges’ score were reflexive of the lopsided bout. Rawle Aaron saw it 59-55, while Bernard DeSantos and Trevor Arno both saw it 60-54, all in favour of Walcott.
A wily Atwell (red trunks) slips out of range as lake attempts to seize the initiative.
Mark Austin seems to be concentrating on the revitalization of his career after recent back to back losses. He was sharp and his punches had more zip. Austin also gave away 10 pounds, weighing in at 162 to his opponent’s 172. He went on to take the 4 rounds by a unanimous decision.
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