The four Guyanese boxers representing their homeland in St Lucia have booked their places in the finals of their respective categories all by way of knockouts in the Caribbean Boxing Championships.
Despite being few in numbers, the Guyanese pugilistic juggernauts have trampled their opponents thus far and look favourites to claim gold.
Fighting first on Thursday evening, lightweight Joel “Stone” Williamson stopped his opponent Kareem Boyce (St Lucia) in the second round after the referee decided that Williamson’s beleaguered rival could take no more punishment.
Up next on Thursday was Light Welterweight Colin “Superman” Lewis who also recorded a round two TKO (Technical Knock-out) en route to the final is his weight class.
Joel Williamson and his St Lucian Opponent Kareem Boyce pose before their fight on Thursday night
In the third fight of the night Middleweight boxer Desmond ‘Dynamite’ Amsterdam made quick work of his Trinidadian rival stopping him in the first round.
The four Guyanese will be hunting gold in the finals on Saturday Night as Commonwealth Youth Games Silver medalist Keevin Allicock will fight Ajayi Jones of Barbados while Colin Lewis will battle Jessie Jones of Barbados and Joel Williamson will clash with Michael Alexander of Trinidad and Tobago. Williamson’s clash will be a tough one as Alexander is a 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist.
At least one hundred and forty boxers from fourteen countries are participating in the 2017 Caribbean Development Boxing Championship which got underway at the Beausejour Indoor Facility in St Lucia on Wednesday. According to the organisers, there is expected to be a total of ninety bouts by the time the championships comes to an end on Sunday.
