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GBBC Brazilian Invasion…Kwesi ‘Lightening Struck Assassin’ Jones resumes career against Puerto Rican
By Michael Benjamin
Approximately three years ago, on February 23, 2013, Kwesi ‘Lightening Struck Assassin’ Jones gathered the nerve to fight Barbadian powerhouse, Shawn Cox in an eight rounds non title heavyweight affair.
Kwesi Jones
Fifty-five seconds into the 4th round, Cox unleashed a two fisted attack that had Jones blocking up and eventually forced referee, Eion Jardine, to halt the contest in the Bajan’s favour.
Since then, Jones had taken a self imposed hiatus but this will soon come to an end when he squares off with Puerto Rican, Samuel Clarkson, for the WBC light/heavyweight title on a card organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), scheduled for February 20 next at the Giftland Office Max Mall, Lilliendaal ECD.
Jones entered the professional ranks seven years ago and managed to chalk up a decent 10-3-0 record with a decent knockout ratio of 46%. His most notable win was against former world rater and European champion, Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman for the local light/heavyweight title in September 2010.
Afterwards, he had chalked up three wins against Anthony Augustin, his Barbados based countryman, Cleveland Fraser and Kelsie George before a points loss to Lennox Allen and then Cox.
Clarkson stepped into the professional arena two years after the Jones had stripped off his shirt and the American started his trek with a 1st round knockout over his countryman, Cody Perez. Since then he has fought in several States in the USA and has so far compiled a 17-3-0 record with 11 knockouts.
He was knocked out by Don Mouton in October 2012 but has since rebounded with a string of victories, his most recent in October last year, against another American, Lavarn Harvell, whom he stopped in the 2nd of an eight round heavyweight contest. Reports are that Clarkson dropped Harvell twice in the first stanza and once in the second before the referee, mercifully stopped the proceedings at 48secs.
Earlier in his career, Clarkeson had challenged Philadelphian, Jesse Hart for the vacant junior/super middleweight North American Boxing Federation (NABF) title in April last year but was decked twice in the 4th round before losing on points.
Otherwise, Clarkeson, who fights out of a southpaw style, has recorded victories in his last 7 fights, 5 inside the distance while chalking up a 55% knockout ratio. Meanwhile, the card will be headlined by recently crowned jnr/welterweight Fecarbox champion, Dexter Gonsalves, who will match skills with Barbadian, Miguel Antoine for the former boxer’s recently acquired jnr/welterweight fecarbox title.
Antoine is no slouch and has dominated the local scene ever since he started his sojourn at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) a few years ago. Among his Guyanese victims to date are Revlon Lake, Mark Austin, Jermaine King, Cassius Matthews, Shawn Pyle and Paul Lewis.
Gonsalves will be brimming with confidence following his upset victory over world rated pugilist, Clive Atwell; a fight that earned him the jnr/welterweight fecarbox title which will be at stake.
The card will provide entertainment with an international flavor as the organizers are negotiating with the management of three Brazilians to match their skills against their Guyanese counterparts.
Those local boxers are former bantamweight champion, Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques, New York based Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) bantamweight champion, Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry and female boxer, Mandessa Moses. The names of the Brazilians would be released soon.
GBBC officials also said that they have lined up Commonwealth title fights for Gonsalves and Dharry and the imminent bouts will serve as warm up for those Commonwealth encounters tentatively set for May 20.
Imran Khan, who has recently made his professional debut, will also comprise a part of next month’s card and he is scheduled to match gloves with Barbadian, Ezra Lord.
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