This weekend, the Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis Cym in Albouystown, Georgetown will be engulfed in fistic fury as the annual Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championship is staged.
Set to punch off at 17:00h on Friday, December 13, the event will culminate what has been a busy 2024 season for the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).
Regarding the upcoming event, GBA President Steve Ninvalle said, “The Terrence Ali National Open Championship is the most prominent local event on our calendar of activities and fittingly brings to a conclusion a very successful and fruitful year for the discipline. Traditionally, the championship has served as that bridge or conduit between the realms of amateur and professional, and while the advancement of the amateur game, both on the local and international circuit, has evolved in every facet, the importance of the event has duly followed suit.”
GBA President Steve Ninvalle
“This tournament is an exhibition of Guyana’s best and offers a glimpse into our present and immediate future in the amateur segment or possible professional ranks. Household names are established at this juncture, but more important from a developmental perspective, it is an exhibition in the association’s structural and refinement process of the pugilists’ respective skills given the pathway they would have undertaken from the nursery, novices, and intermediate stages. This is a pathway that has been established and built upon given its importance in the overall development of the pugilists, and we aim to strengthen this procedure to ensure that all fighters are properly equipped with the necessary tools so that they are prepared for the international rigours of an amateur career or the professional realm,” Ninvalle further shared.
The event, which ends at the same location on December 15, will have its weigh-in and medical evaluation exercise on Thursday, December 12, under the supervision of qualified experts.
A number of prominent gyms have confirmed their participation, including the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, the Forgotten Youth Foundation, Pace and Power, New Amsterdam Academy, Rose Hall, Vergenoegen, and Republicans.
