Boxing coach Daniels shortlists 18 pugilists for AMBC c/ships
Newly selected national coach, Lennox Daniels has shortlisted 18 boxers to begin preparing for the Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Continental Championship set to box off in Ecuador in March.
This is a according to a release sent out yesterday by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).
The release stated that Olympian and Youth Commonwealth Games silver medalist, Keevin Allicock will lead the bunch, which includes the Jackman sisters, Abiola and Alesha, Mark Crawford, Richard Howard, Patrick Harvey, Travis Inverary, Jamal Eastman, Joel Williamson, Desmond Amsterdam, Colin Lewis, Julius Kesney, Quacy Abrams, Emanuel Pompey, Delroy Fordyce, Renaldo Niles, Aluko Bess and Richard Subraty.
Meanwhile, Daniels met with several coaches from around the country on Tuesday at the Andrew Lewis gym, with the GBA president, Steve Ninvalle noting that “It was the largest meeting of coaches in a while, and all were in agreement that Daniels was the best man for the job.
“This is our structure that we’re going
to be moving ahead with. The National Coach will have consultation with other coaches.
Name a national team that will be continuously training, but as it gets to tournaments, whether national or overseas, as it comes closer to that time, they will start meeting much more and then lead to encampment,” Ninvalle said.
Ninvalle pointed out that “From the executive level, we have confidence that
this will bear fruit; we have confidence in our National Coach. He brings a different style to coaching and we’ll start with this because we’re preparing for our first major tournament which is the AMBC Elite Championship.”
The GBA head then stated that the association expects Daniels to “Bring his unique style of coaching towards the team’s preparation, and we at the Executive level expect to see a mark difference
in the way in which our fighters are prepared.”
The AMBC Elite Continental Championships, will take place Guayaquil, Ecuador, from March 22 to April 2.
The medalists in each of the 13 male and 12 female weight categories, according to the AMBC, will receive prize money, US$10,000 for golf $5,000 for silver and $2,500 for bronze.