Terrence Alli National Open ... Policemen ‘Menace’, Lampkin to lock up victories

Terrence Alli National Open … Policemen ‘Menace’, Lampkin to lock up victories

Oct 24, 2016 Sports

While all eyes are on the Guyana Defence Force and the Republican Gym at this weekend’s Terrence Alli National Open boxing tournament, the Guyana Police Force Gym stands ready to lock up two major victories. Included in the police team would be stern lawmen in the name of Dennis ‘Menace’ Thomas and Diwani Lampkin.
The two are most feared in their respective divisions and should provide the Force with its first double win at the National Open in a while.
Thomas is arguably the most experienced Open (formerly amateur) boxer in Guyana having represented this country at the World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Qualifiers, South American Games and the Caribbean Development tournament to name a few.
He reached the quarter final of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland and won Best Boxer earlier that year at a four-nation Goodwill Games held in Guyana
Last year the fast starting middleweight was on the verge on winning a gold medal and being named Best Boxer of the Caribbean Development tournament when he received a dubious decision in the final.
At the Pan American Qualifiers held in Tijuana, Mexico last year June the gangly Thomas upset Trinidadian Aaron Prince in his first fight but then lost a close encounter to Raul Sanchez of Dominican Republic.
In March of this year Thomas suffered injuries after being involved in a motor cycle accident but recovered fully and is set to retain the national middleweight title with his strongest challenge expected from Joshua Fraser of the Guyana Defence Force.
Lampkin on the other hand, has fluctuated between lightweight and light welterweight and would be having his first competitive fight in almost a year.
Fighting out of the Forgotten Youth Foundation Gym in last year’s Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate competition, the wiry Lampkin was adjudged Best Boxer after he secured a unanimous points-decision victory over GDF’s Jamal Brisport on the opening night in the lightweight division, then returned two days later to defeat another soldier, Akeem Henry in like manner.
This week will mark the first time that Lampkin would be representing Police. The Terrence Alli National Open punches off on Friday at the National Gymnasium. Over 50 of Guyana’s best boxers from 10 gyms will battle for honours over three days. Following the conclusion of the tournament the Guyana Boxing Association will select a 16-man squad to go into training for possible selection for the Caribbean Development Tournament scheduled for Barbados in December.

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