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Kevin Mulling – Not yet great but getting there one punch at a time
Living in the Ghetto has proven to be extremely difficult and most residents are unfairly stigmatized because of the area of their birth. Albouystown, one of the popular ghetto villages is one such area where its residents have suffered the indignity of adverse profiling. Yet amidst such setbacks, residents of this community have distinguished themselves and have scored many firsts in the academic and sporting fields.
Kevin Mulling
The ghetto residents are extremely proud of their contribution to national development through sports and often refer to the feats of former World Boxing Association welterweight champion, Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis as solid proof that much talent is nestling in their community and just waiting to be nurtured.
It was just under a year ago when I first heard of Kevin Mulling, a youngster from the Albouystown based Harpy Eagle’s Boxing Gym, who I heard was of special boxing talent. “Mike, you just have to see this youth in action,” an enthusiastic fan told me one day. I decided to make a special effort to visit the venue to observe this ‘special talent’ that Kevin possessed.
Indeed, the lad was impressive though one could have ignored the few shortcomings which included a playful attitude that stripped him of the necessary ‘killer instinct’ that separated the great from the ordinary.
“I was just 7 years old when a friend encouraged me to enter the ring and I decided to approach ‘Sack’ (coach of the Harpy Eagle’s Boxing Gym, James Walcott) to learn the game,” said Kevin. That was four years ago. Kevin also said that despite the hard training and the fact that many of the other guys were more experienced, he stood his ground and felt an instant love for the game. At that time he weighed a mere 55lbs.
“When he came to me, he could not even throw a proper punch,” reflected Walcott. The Harpy Eagles coach also said that he introduced Mulling to school boxing, (the theoretical aspect of the sport that introduces tenderfoots to the finer aspects of the sport) and he (Walcott) was especially satisfied with the strides made by his charge. “His first tournament was at the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym and he won that fight quite easily,” beamed Walcott. Thereafter, Mulling became a regular feature on boxing cards and his first major tournament was the recently staged GBA/DDL U-16 Boxing Championships. His skill was apparent but he lost out to the more experienced Isaiah Moore. Undaunted, Kevin was selected to represent his gym at a goodwill tournament in Bartica late last year and not only won his bout but was bestowed the Best Boxer honours.
His achievements thus far is hardly meritorious enough to label him as great but I could not help but note that this youngster is of a humble family; his mother and father work very hard to support him, his 3 brothers and a similar number of sisters. Another brother, Kevon, is also attempting to procure accolades in the boxing field.
Kevin attends the Ketley Primary School, is in grade six and preparing to write the Secondary School Entrance Examination later this year. To many, his resume hardly qualifies him to be separated from the riff raff or to be called exceptional. Those are they that are removed from the ghetto reality; those that fail to truly understand the challenges of growing up in a stigmatized community yet rising above the flotsam and jetsam to earn the distinction of best boxer with a bright future.
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