Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis National Novices Boxing Championships 2023: GDF RETAIN CHAMPIONSHIP

– But GPF’s Julian Clarke adjudged best boxer

Following three nights of riveting action at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have again proved that they produce the best novice boxers in the country when they were named overall champions of the 2023 Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis National Novices Boxing Championships.
However, the soldiers were not allowed to cart off all the spoils on the final night, as Julian Clarke of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) displayed sound technical skill in his bout to claim the title of ‘best boxer’.

Clarke was tasked with overcoming GDF’s Joshua Thomas in a bantamweight contest, and he did just that after the duo had battled the entirety of their 3 rounds.
Earlier in the night, Andre Thompson announced the return of the Republican Boxing Gym with a flyweight victory over GDF’s Daniel Garnett. Then a featherweight contest between Republican’s Neville France and GDF’s Melroy McPherson did not see it through 3 rounds, as McPherson stopped his opponent 2 minutes into the first round.
The next bout was stopped by the referee just 58 seconds into the first round, as GDF’s Oswald Jewan overcame Police’s Lennox Harvey in the lightweight category.

An all-GDF tussle saw Joseph Gardener defeating Romel Captain to prove he is the better of the junior welterweight pugilists at the army gym. And another all-GDF clash in the 6th bout of the night saw Elliot Sinclair besting his gym stablemate Damon France in the welterweight division.
A third disciplined forces battle of the evening resulted in GDF’s Christopher Henry getting the better of Police’s Osias Prince at 2:20 into their second round.
Republican Boxing Gym picked up another victory when the efforts of Timothy Fraser overcame GDF’s Orin Domingo in the middleweight division; and GDF’s Sherwin Gravesande overpowered his stablemate Malachi Clarke in the light heavyweight class.
Truncated battles were again on the cards when the penultimate fixture of the night unfolded between GDF’s Darius Harris and Police’s Hullman Bovell, who came out on the victorious side in the cruiserweight bout.
The night of fistic fury ended with GDF’s Zidhan Wray defeating his stablemate Rayon Henry in just under one minute into the second round of their super heavyweight clash.
The National Novices Championships are customarily staged in honour of the former world champion Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis, who met his unfortunate demise on May 4th, 2015 in a vehicular accident. They have birthed the journey of many of the nation’s leading premier amateur pugilists.