On many occasions, the avid boxing fans at the recently-renovated Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday night were forced to their feet in glee as they took in the Pro-Am card put on by Elton Dharry Promotions.
With support from the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) and Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), the fans were able to witness their local Guyanese pugilists reign supreme over those who came from near and far to put up a challenge.
The feature bout of the night pitted Guyana’s Elton Dharry against 23-year-old Colombian Ramey Ramirez in a six-round Bantamweight contest.
Dharry made good of the opportunity to get in some practice ahead of his World title fight in May of 2025.
Ramirez, known in his homeland as a connoisseur of the knockout, got in an early right hand to Dharry during the contest which could have been considered a sort of wake-up call for the 39-year- old Guyanese.
However, a series of body shots in the second round saw Dharry destabilising his opponent. Though Ramirez rose to his feet to continue the bout, Dharry carried on with his onslaught to fell Ramirez for a second time, this time decisive; securing the knockout two minutes and 59 seconds into the second round.
Keevin Allicock added another win to his professional record (Photo credit – Newsroom Sport)
A visibly-elated Dharry was happy to treat the Guyanese fans gathered to another victory.
“Thank God for another win here in Guyana. I feel him out in the first round, he has heavy hands actually. So, I know in the second round, I will pick it up,” Dharry shared with media operatives after the bout.
The Guyanese pugilist went on to address Ramirez’s landed shot, “It didn’t affect me, but it make me double think about my attack for him, because he got very hard and I was not expecting it that hard.”
Another anticipated bout on the night ended with a knockout result as Keevin Allicock kept his short, professional record clean with a second victory.
This time around, Allicock’s challengers was local, professional debutant Dexter Wray, who only lasted two rounds before opting to stay away from the third round, thus ending the contest.
The six-round featherweight bout saw both boxers getting a feel of their opponent in the first three- minute rotation, but it soon became apparent that Allicock was too much for Wray to handle. So much so, Allicock was toying with his opponent by the second round, throwing soft jabs to punctuate his decisive strikes.
Though he made it through the second round, Wray signalled his intention to not go on before the third round.
In other professional bouts, Emmanuel Sancho floored Anson Green one minute and 17 seconds into the third round of their four-round contest while Kevin Isaacs pulled off a unanimous, 40-36 victory over Julian Clarke.
The amateur bouts on the card were highlighted by the lone female bout of the night, which saw Guyana’s Abiola Jackman pummelling Barbados’ Kemara Stewart in a unanimous decision victory.
