After a decade, Guyanese will see the staging of a Boxing Day card courtesy of Bris Promotions in collaboration with the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).
The “Sons of Champions” 10-fight card was announced on Thursday morning at a press conference hosted by GBA boss Steve Ninvalle and Bris Promotions’ Seon Bristol.
Speaking at the press conference, Ninvalle disclosed “It is a collaboration between Bris Promotions and the Guyana Boxing Association. It was traditional that on Boxing Day, it would have boxing cards held in Guyana but over the years we have seen that decrease. Mr (Seon) Bristol would have proposed last year to host a tournament but we had to shelve that idea due to the fact that the professional board had said they were holding a similar card on Boxing Day. That did not come through thus he has partnered with us again.”
L-R: GBA President Steve Ninvalle, Bris Promotions’ Seon Bristol and Boxer Alex Murray
The card was named as it is because many sons of former Guyanese boxers who were champions nationally and internationally will be competing.
Meanwhile, Bristol in his remarks pointed out that it has been many years since the last Boxing Day card was staged and noted that he “is here” to follow through on his promise of bring back such a card.
The promoter also went down memory lane saying “in my younger days I used to look forward to Boxing Day cards thus I wanted to rejuvenate that tradition.”
Also present was Alex Murray, son of the late Andrew Murray who was a Guyanese professional welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the World Boxing Council (WBC) FECARBOX welterweight title, World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin welterweight title, Commonwealth welterweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Association (WBA) World welterweight title against Ike Quartey.
Murray expressed gratitude to the GBA and Bris Promotions for affording him the chance to come out and compete after a six month hiatus.
On December 26, the 10-fight card will begin at 19:00h at the National Gymnasium with local boxers rearing to go. The GBA and Bris Promotions are in talks with boxers from St Lucia and Jamaica over the possibility of competing at the “Sons of Champions” card. (Michelangelo Jacobus)
