Terrence Ali Nat Open Boxing C/Ships... GDF captures 18th consecutive crown - Keevin Allicock adjudged ‘best boxer’ despite disqualification

Terrence Ali Nat Open Boxing C/Ships… GDF captures 18th consecutive crown – Keevin Allicock adjudged ‘best boxer’ despite disqualification

Nov 20, 2018 Sports

HEs Emmanuel Sancho covers up as Quincy Boyce winds up for a big right in their Welterweight clash. (Sean Devers photo)

Aubrey Headley (right) lines up fellow GDF fighter Markember Pierre for a right upper-cut to take Gold in their Heavyweight contest. (Sean Devers photo)

By Sean Devers
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF), by virtue of its massive number of Boxers, captured its 18th consecutive crown, while talented Keevin Allicock,was adjudged the ‘Best Boxer’ of a poorly supported three-night Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championship which concluded on Sunday at the National Gymnasium.
It was not surprising that the Army won the most medals since they were guaranteed three Golds and three Silvers in the last three finals which were all GDF affairs.
Allicock, the 19-year-old Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) pugilist, who won Silver at the Commonwealth Youth games last year and Gold at the Caribbean Boxing Championships, looked a level above his older opponents in his weight class and was clearly not only best Boxer but the most stylish at this year’s Championships.
Allicock’ trophy was collected from former World rated Terrence Ali by Coach Sebert Blake on behalf of Allicock who had already left the venue suffering from a hand injury.
At a time when Guyana is the envy of the Caribbean in Amateur Boxing, this Championship, sponsored by Khalsan PR Inc., will be used to select Guyana’s team for the Caribbean Boxing Championships which will hosted by Guyana from December 6-9 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The most competitive fight of the night was between GDF’s Quincy Boyce and HE’s Emmanuel Sancho who traded punches in the Welterweight Final.
Both fighters came out with all guns blazing and connected with some punishing shots in the first in which both boxers were administered standing 8 counts.
The second saw Boyce using his jabs to good effect before going to body and head of Sancho with upper cuts and right crosses but the West Demerara fighter counter-punched and retaliated with combinations off his own as Boyce seemed to tire.
In the last round the hectic pace of the fight was slowed down dramatically as both fighters ran out of gas and their punches lacked any power. But when the bell sounded Sancho had done enough to win the fight.
The night began with FYF’s Patrick Harvey winning on points over Francis Sukhu of RHJ in Berbice before HE’s Kevin Allicock, fighting in the Flyweight Final, was disqualified for not marking his bandage in his fight against FYF’s Seon Griffith.

GDF won its 18th consecutive Nat Boxing Championship on Sunday night.

Keevin Allicock made light work of GDF’s Clairmont Gibson in the Bantamweight Final; knocking him out in 1:03 seconds of the first round, while in the Lightweight final Jamal Eastman of RHJ stopped GDF’s Delroy Fordyce in 2 minutes of the first round before GDF’s Colin Lewis got a walk over from Christopher Moore from VBG on the West Side to be crowned Junior Welterweight Champion.
In the Middleweight Final Desmond Amsterdam floored Gym mate Dwayne July with 21 seconds left in the second round, Aubrey Headley beat Markember Pierre on points in an all GDF Heavyweight final and Super Heavyweight Emerson Farley defeated Shamear Mingo in another all GDF Final.
The night’s proceedings ended with a female exhibition bout between the Jackman siblings, Alissa and Abiola.
The tournament is being used, among other things, to honour the 58-year-old Ali who fought for three World titles with the first being in January 1985 when he came up against Harry Arroyo.
Ali, who lived in the USA, but kept Guyana flying by wearing the Golden Arrow Head on his trunks, finished his career with a record of 70 fights 52 wins, 15 losses, 21 KOs and two draws.