Coach Poole upbeat ahead of AMBC qualifiers

Jul 09, 2021 Sports

By Calvin Chapman

Kaieteur Sport caught up with veteran coach, Terrence Poole M.S. (Medal of Service), during one of his daily training sessions at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Boxing Gym in Callendar Street, Albouystown where he is diligently preparing a five-boxer team he’ll accompany to the 2021 American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) youth qualifiers.It is scheduled to be hosted in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico from July 11th to 19th and the successful fighters will qualify for the first ever Junior Panam Championships, scheduled for Cali, Colombia from November 25th to December 5th, 2021.

Terrence Poole M.S.

According to President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle, the team comprises of several of Guyana’s most promising pugilists and it will be spearheaded by reigning Caribbean Champion Alesha Jackman with Travis Inverary, Wayne Castello and Patrick Harvey being the other members of the team.
Poole, who is the Head Coach of the Guyana Defence Force Boxing Gym which has dominated the sport locally for many years, revealed that, “The most important thing right now is getting these boxers exposed at a very tender age, which we are doing now with this tournament.”
“We are oftentimes left behind throughout the years because other national boxing associations would’ve exposed their younger fighters to much more competition and so I applaud this move by our President, Steven Ninvalle.”
Poole continued, “This is why (Keevin) Allicock actually made Olympics. It was because of his exposure from competing at different tournaments that allowed him the opportunity to fight and get a good ranking. And, we will be using the Keevin Allicock model to produce other high level boxers.”
Highlighting the level of fitness and preparedness for the AMBC qualifiers by his five young fighters, Coach Poole said, “They aren’t at a hundred percent, we had a lot of setbacks during to the pandemcic but from my point of view, knowing their ability, I am very confident that my fighters can do themselves and Guyana proud. Everyone may not qualify but they will definitely represent the Golden Arrowhead well.”