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Nothing is impossible: Laured Stewart from GT to Australia in pursuit of his dreams
At age 20, while most young men may be focused on being part of the in crowd and sporting the latest, Guyanese Laured Stewart is in hot pursuit of becoming a world champion in the land down under.
Laured Stewart in training mode in Australia.
The former physical education teacher, who also played hockey for Guyana in the Hikers Hockey Club, also threw shot-put and discus, but is now in Australia chasing his dream sport, boxing. In an exclusive interview from Australia, the Alberttown kid who resided in South Ruimveldt before his departure said he is looking not only to become a world champion but “one of the greatest sons of the soil!”
Super energized, his quest ultimately is to one day be one of the greatest boxers whoever lived. To realize this dream Stewart is campaigning in Australia under the watchful eyes of legendary coach Johnny Lewis who has coached six world champions and he is being managed by Peter Mitrevski at the cooperative fitness Gym.
When asked what got him interested in the sport he said, “I guess it’s in my genes…” His grandfather Lennox Stewart and father Laurex Benn Stewart are former boxers. Nicknamed the ‘Nightmare’ while in Guyana, he was spotted by two times Guyanese World Champion Gary St Clair, who also lives and fights in Australia. Stewart said, “He has been following me since amateur days and then he asked to see my two professional fights which he passed to a boxers’ manager from over here.”
That manager was so enthused by his energy and hunger that he showed it to coach Johnny Lewis and Lewis was enthused. “Mr Lewis decided I have major potential and should be in Australia under his wing and the rest is History”.
In Retrospect: boxing fans on the local shores may recall him as nightmare, a name he got because that’s the type of fighter he is, ruthless, devastating and hungry. As an amateur he has entered the ring 37 times losing eight of the fights. But because of his love for the sport he never gave up. Due to financial circumstances he drop out of school in 11th grade, but has always been hitting the books, studying.
His record is 2 fights with both wins. He won his last fight in 1:36 seconds of the first round. He has represented Guyana in Saint Martin, Trinidad, Barbados, Suriname and Uruguay. Now because he has always wanted to become a boxer and is not a quitter, he is schedule to hit the ring for his first fight on the road to greatness on August 8th in Australia.
As a Guyanese his message to his fellow youth is, “NOTHING in life comes easy but nothing is impossible when you keep dreaming big, believing in yourself and working towards your set goals. With God first all things are achievable!” (Mondale Smith)
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