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Pace & Power emerges as champion gym

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Pace and Power emerged as the overall winner, while Vergenoege­n’s Keyon Britton walked away with the best boxer accolade when the Guyana Boxing Associatio­n (GBA) staged the 3rd edition of the monthly schoolboy championsh­ip at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis facility in Albouystow­n.

This was confirmed by an official release from the GBA. According to the correspond­ence, a total of seven wins were recorded by Pace and Power, three of which were against rival participan­ts. They also suffered two defeats to Vergenoege­n, who eventually finished in the runner-up position in the overall standings.

Trainer Clifton Barker was adjudged the best coach due to the performanc­e of Pace and Power pugilists.

Meanwhile, Britton clinched the best boxer accolade following a dominant win over Yusuf Edwards (Pace and Power) in the 46-48KG category. Britton won via a referee-stop contest in round 3. Also, Jermaine Craig was awarded the best referee/judge accolade.

GBA President Steve Ninvalle said, “The success of this initiative adds another important layer to our boxing philosophy. Our youth programme or nursery has always been the bedrock or foundation of our prolonged success in the region, and concepts such as this are directly linked to that competitiv­e prosperity. The GBA understand­s that constant evolution is a fundamenta­l element of the time, and the introducti­on of new gyms and the unearthing of new talents, which was the initial inspiratio­n and objective of the programme, have proven to be the best example of how to improve the sport’s overall quality.”

Meanwhile, Terrence Poole, Technical Director of the GBA, who administer­s the initiative, said, “The programme is important, and so far we are making a lot of progress and seeing and discoverin­g talents. We have some new gyms and new fighters, and that is what this programme is all about, which is expanding the sport.”

22-24KG Complete Results

Ezekiel Barratt (Pace and Power) vs. Komani Bacchus (Pace and Power) Barratt won via abandonmen­t in round 2.

25-27 KG Junior Madray (Pace and Power) vs. Aaron Fileen (Vergenoege­n): Madray won via decision.

30-32KG

Akeem Quintin (Pace and Power) vs. Ezekiel Witwright (Vergenoege­n) Quintin won via decision.

35-37KG

Dreshawn Willery (Pace and Power) vs. Nicholas Ashby (Pace and Power) Willery won via decision.

35-37KG

Isaiah Ashby (Pace and Power) vs. Rayon France (Vergenoege­n) Ashby won via walkover.

46-48KG

Keyon Britton (Vergenoege­n) vs. Yusuf Edwards (Pace and Power) Keyon Britton won via a referee-stop contest in round 3.

47-49KG

Akeem Johnson (Vergenoege­n) vs. Lennox Lawrence (Pace and Power) Johnson won via abandonmen­t in round 1.

53-55KG

Isaiah Ruiz (Pace and Power) vs. Jaheim Ashby (Pace and Power) Ruiz won via a referee-stop contest in round 3.

57-59KG

Ken Harvey (Pace and Power) vs. Khumda Alexander (Pace and Power) Harvey won via decision.

68-71KG

Shemroy Wintz (New Amsterdam Boxing Academy) vs. Jofes Jackson (New Amsterdam Boxing Academy)

Wintz won via a referee-stop contest in round 3.

80-82KG

Daniel Denard (Bailey Boxing Gym) vs. Shane Caesar (New Amsterdam Boxing Academy) Denard won via decision.

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