Guyana vs Barbados Junior Welterweight ‘slug fest’ just added

‘Sangre Malo’

By Michelangelo Jacobus

Already packed with what is anticipated to be the most high-octane pugilistic encounters in recent Guyanese history, international card “Sangre Malo” slated for January 20 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) has had another bout added; this bout will be a junior welterweight battle between Guyana’s Anson Green and

Barbadian Keithland King.
This specific bout which will be the second fight on the “Bad Blood” card promises fireworks as Anson Green has a reasonable amount of experience while King had a late start to his career which means he will be stepping into the “squared circle” with minimum big stage exposure.
However, the 33-year-old King who made his debut just last year against American Rob Mitchell impressed by knocking the latter out in the first round; but he remains untested as Mitchell was also participating in his first international bout.
Anson Green made his debut back in 2012 and has fought seven times in total, managing just two wins while suffering five defeats; three by way of knockout. Green will be looking to rebound from his 2016 loss to Jamaican pugilist Michael Gardener; he will no doubt come out looking to fire on all cylinders while King will be looking to prove that his debut victory was no fluke.
With those factors in mind Guyanese and boxing fans can expect nothing less than an energetic fight over four rounds filled with fistic fury.
Meanwhile, the heavyweight clash that is set to open the night’s card will see a change of opponent for James Moore who was scheduled to trade punches with Emmanuel Anderson (Barbados); Moore will now “cuff it out” with fellow countryman Sherwin Clarke.
The headliners of the “Sangre Malo” card which means “Bad Blood” features Guyanese lightweight champion Dexter “Cobra” Gonsalves taking on Venezuela’s Felipe Larez Barcelo, while flyweight champion Dexter “The Kid” Marques clashes with Dionis Martinez Arias (Venezuela) in the co-main event.
Trinidadians Sheldon Lawrence and Shawn Corbin are also set to duke it out for the WBC Fecarbox Light Heavyweight Title in the other co-main event on the night.
With the monumental fights just little over a week away Gonsalves and Marques are currently training together albeit under different coaches; Caribbean Lightweight title holder Marques is being conditioned and prepared for the fight by Lennox Daniels while Seabert Blake has charge of Gonsalves.
Both boxers have expressed their desire and drive to “punch” Guyana back on to the map in the world of boxing and shared similar sentiments about training together noting that a unified front is integral to success come January 20.
The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will see boxing return to its arena after an almost two-year hiatus. Tickets to the “Sangre Malo” card which is organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) in association with MCG Inc’s cost $4,000 for VIP, $2,000 for Ringside and $1,000 for stands; they are on sale at the Giftland Stores and Assuria General Insurance offices in Georgetown, Diamond, Berbice, Parika and Vreed-in-Hoop.