Guyanese WBC welterweight champion looking to build boxing ring in Berbice

Guyanese WBC welterweight champion Nazir Sulaiman wants to build a boxing ring in Berbice. The world champion boxer has plans to further develop the sport of boxing in Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).

For years, Nazir Sulaiman has been assisting young boxers in Berbice with gear as he tried to develop the sport in the Ancient County. Now he wants to take it a step further by ensuring that a boxing ring is built in Berbice.
Most parts of the ring have already been acquired and the boxer is seeking land on which he will construct a building which will house the ring.
“If I get the land I will construct a building which will have the ring and around the ring there will be sand bags, speed bags, floor bags and so forth. It’s a couple of years now that I have been waiting for a place. As soon as I can get a place and construct a building, I will start shipping down the stuff for the ring.”
Along with former national bantamweight fighter Darius Ford, Sulaiman has been providing assistance to local fighters; mainly from the Ancient.
“We don’t care where you come from, if you need any boxing gear and you contact us we will be willing to help. It is one way to put the kids on a good path in life and discipline them. Eventually our plan is to set up a boxing gum in Berbice.”
Giving preference to the location, the champion boxer said New Amsterdam or Rose Hall Town are preferable. These two communities have in the past produced the bulk of the boxers from Region Six.
Berbice has been able to produce both national and Caribbean champions.
Sulaiman noted that when many boxers from the region are about to take on their first fight, it is the first time they enter a boxing ring.
“There is not enough training for them inside the ring and this affects their performance,” he added.
Whenever there is a boxing encounter in Berbice, there rig is always transported form out of the Region. Sulaiman says it is time for Berbice to own a boxing ring.
“Not just the ring, but we need to keep on supplying the boxing gears that they need. All they have to do is to contact us and let us know what they need…”
In 2014 Sulaiman won the US National Welterweight Championships, in 2015 he won the New York title, and in 2018 he won the WBC Armature title. At 66 he fights armature. (Andrew Carmichael)