Boxers ink contracts for ‘Locked and Loaded’ card

The ‘Locked and Loaded’ card set for April 9 at the Giftland Mall is now official.

Boxers for the six-fight Pro/Am event inked their respective contracts yesterday which effectively seals the deal and virtually puts an end to weeks of speculations and verbal sparring.

Yesterday’s signings took place at the headquarters of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) on the Avenue of the Republic.

The ‘Locked and Loaded’ professional segment will see the flashy Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques making his highly anticipated ring return in the feature bout of the evening.

The showman flyweight who has not fought since last February will look to shake off some ring rust since his promotional team has already lined up a Commonwealth title fight with their sights set on a world title crack later in the year.

Marques (15-2-0) will match gloves with Venezuelan, Luis Alberto Requena in a 10-round affair.

The co-feature will involve Edmond ‘Wonder Boy’ DeClou and Winston Pompey matching gloves in a six-round super middleweight encounter.

Another six-round fight will see Imran ‘Magic’ Khan taking on Keeve Allicock.

The amateur segment will pit Rewinne David versus Akeela Lamazon (120lbs), Kelon Isaacs versus Euel Augustin (140lbs) and Stephan Gouveia versus Jackford Jackson.

According to the president of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool, the amateur fights is “a supplementary platform for amateur boxers affiliated with AIBA.”

Abdool also noted that ‘Locked and Loaded’ could perhaps be the start of “regular monthly Sunday night cards.”

Admission for the event is $1000 regular and $2000 ringside. Bell time is 19:00hrs. (Emmerson Campbell)