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Local amateurs ready to rumble in Tri-nation Inter-Guiana Games boxing championships
Michael Benjamin in French Guiana,
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More than nine hours of travelling from Suriname to French Guiana has left them
Quincy Gomes (left) will be in action against Frenchman, Martinez Arnold in the lone Pro bout scheduled.
drained but the ten Guyanese boxers comprising of nine amateurs and one professional are very upbeat and confident of winning their respective bouts.
Nine of the boxers, all amateurs, are scheduled to grace the ring tonight to compete against their counterparts from Suriname and the host nation in the Tri-nation Inter-Guiana Games boxing championships scheduled for the Centre Sportif Départemental here in French Guiana. Guyanese professional pugilist, Quincy Gomes, will also be in action. He will face off with Frenchman, Martinez Arnold in a lightweight encounter.
The professional boxers weighed in last evening, mere hours after arriving in the French territory, and Gomes tipped the scale at 132 pounds, one more than Martinez. The Frenchman has 5 fights with 2 losses and 3 wins and his coach said that he had last fought one year ago. Gomes has won all of his bouts and last evening had spouted confidence in another victory. His last bout was a convincing decision win over his countryman, Keeve Allicock.
Those amateur pugilists on show tonight are female boxers Taseka Howard (54kgs) and Dwon Thompson (80kgs) while the male team comprises elite boxers Delon Charles (56kgs),
The boxers pause for a photo op moments after arriving in French Guiana yesterday afternoon.
Aquincy Harvey (64kgs), Glenroy Smith and Eon Bancroft (69kgs), Dennis Thomas (81kgs) and Trevon King (90kgs).
Another coach, Steel Crawford will support Cuban coach, Señor Francisco Hernandez Roldan while Germin Craig and Menard Wilson are here as the referee/judge, while the manger is Gordon Nedd.
Meanwhile, officials of the GBA are engaged in discussions with their French counterparts to host an U-16 team from French Guiana to participate in the DDL U-16 tournament soon. Mr. Ninvalle said that discussions are progressing favourably and his team will wrap up discussions with the French officials before deciding on a date for the tournament while addressing the other modalities.
The current tournament was birthed just last year after Mr. Ninvalle engaged in dialogue with his counterparts from Suriname and French Guiana with the aim of strengthening relations while creating opportunities for international exposure for his charges.
Roldan feels that the boxers are fit and ready to take on their opponents and predicts that they will achieve the desired results.
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