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GBBC ‘Hostile Territory’ boxing extravaganza …Kishawn ‘Special K’ Simon out to avenge loss to ‘Classy’ Cassius Matthews
By Michael Benjamin
He sports the sobriquet ‘Special K’ but Kishawn Simon failed to live up to that tab when he
Cassius Matthews
squared off with Cassius Matthews at the Mackenzie Sports Club, Linden, on Boxing Day 2013 and lost the 6 rounds welterweight affair.
Simon felt that he was ‘done in’ and stormed out of the ring while appealing for a return. Now just over two years after that fight, Simon will get the perfect opportunity to avenge that loss when he squares off with his nemesis on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) ‘Hostile Territory’ boxing card slated for February 27 at the Giftland Office Max Mall, Liliendaal ECD.
The bout has recently been added to the card which is headlined by ex-world champion, Venezuelan, Felix Machado taking on International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental Bantamweight champion, Elton Dharry in a ten rounds non-title bantamweight scrap.
A relatively young professional, Simon has been a top amateur boxer and is bent on impressing his fans at the professional level. He has compiled 24 rounds out of 5 bouts winning 2 (one by KO) while losing 3 of them. His knockout ratio is at a mere 20%.
Matthews goes by the sobriquet ‘Classy’ and many of his opponents will attest to his elusiveness. After 15 bouts and 89 rounds, the lanky fighter has won 5 times but is still to register a knockout. He has lost 8 of those fights while two of them ended in draws. Among his victims are Rudolph Fraser, Shawn Pile, Dexter Breedy, Shaun Holder, Keith ‘Crusher’, Thomas and Glenn Forde. Mathews has also gained valuable international experience while fighting in several Caribbean countries.
Other fights on the card include CABOFE Bantamweight champion, Dexter Marques, up against Venezuelan, Freddy Baleno, in a 10 rounds flyweight fight while female boxer, Mandessa Moses engages Ansila Norville over 4 rounds. Barbados based Guyanese pugilist, Revlon Lake, will fight Barbadian, Miguel Antoine in a 10 rounds welterweight bout while Imran ‘Magic’ Khan will square off with Quincy Gomes in a 6 rounds lightweight duel.
Three amateur bouts will complement the card and Nankumar Singh will clash with Jason Phillips, while Dennis Thomas and Desmond Amsterdam will duke in out over three rounds in an exhibition match. These two are preparing for international duty at the impending Brazil Olympics and are expected to leave Guyana shortly for the trials in Argentina. Delon Charles and Clairmonte Gibson will clash over three rounds to round off the amateur segment.
Admission is $5000 for a ringside seat while general seating costs $2000.
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