Locked and Loaded will now be held on April 23 after it was originally scheduled for April 9, but despite this, one of the professional carded fighters Edmond Declou is not bothered by the adjustment in date and remains focused on the prize.
Edmond Declou
Declou made this discloser to Guyana Times Sport when the rescheduling was announced at the same venue where the event is slated for, the Giftland Mall, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
When asked if this push back would affect his preparation, Declou responded by saying “definitely not. I [am] always prepared even if the fight change it don’t really matter if the date change or not I going there to get the job done 100%.”
Despite being out of the ring over the last two years, Declou indicated that he has not been inactive and will bring something new when he steps in the ring.
While “It has been over 2 years I haven’t been in the ring so I was inactive but I was staying fit in the gym all the time so I just want to encourage the public to come out and see me, see Edmond Declou perform once again and bring something different to the ring this time.”
Declou will enter the squared circle against a familiar foe, Winston Pompey for six rounds. The two have met each other twice in the ring with the first being deemed a technical draw while the second Declou was victorious.
According to President of the GBBC, Peter Abdool the move in the date was to facilitate the inclusion of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights.
“MMA has been extremely successful in the last few years; it has rivaled and in some instances surpassed boxing in its popularity. It has not come here for the want of not trying because there are gentlemen here who have been trying very, very hard to bring it to Guyana. Because our platform has been set up and our card has been set up, I was approached by Mike [Michael] Singh and introduced to Jason and in point of fact what had happened was for the first time we have an absolutely unique opportunity to bring MMA to Guyana as part of this fight. Consequently to facilitate this happening we have moved the card from April 9 to April 23,” Abdool said.
While the local boxers were training for the Locked and Loaded card, it had significant implications.
Abdool said “You would recall the event was meant to be two things, an amateur programme which was intended to facilitate the launching of the WBC amateur programme in Guyana and as such a singularly important event in itself. The professional programme involved the likes of Dexter Marques. While our boxers have been training and all has been going well we have been the beneficiary of I would say a bit of luck that we could not afford to pass up.”
In listing the order of events of the night the GBBC President informed the gathering that “there will be the launch of the WBC amateur tournament which will supplement amateur boxing in Guyana and their amateur fights and then the professional fights and then for the first time MMA fight.”
The event will see the three amateur fights for the local boxers clashing before the MMA fighters take to the ring and finally the three professional fights with admission remaining the same set at $1,000 general admission and $2,000 ringside.
