President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF) Steve Ninvalle rated the “Nuff Cuff” event on Sunday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue as a great success.
Ninvalle not only highlighted the talent that was exposed at the international card, but expressed profound gratitude to all those who would have contributed to make
GABF President Steve Ninvalle
the event a reality.
President of the Suriname Boxing Association (SBA) Remie Burke also came in for high praise from the local leader. Their participation once again demonstrated the alliance the two neighbouring countries continued to share, according to Ninvalle.
Ninvalle mentioned the success was not too much of crowd attendance but more so of pulling off the event with these aspiring international fighters getting the opportunity to showcase their talent and ability on the canvas.
“I think the night was a great success noticing all these fighters just performed well, it wasn’t about a disappointing crowd, it was having a successful event for the visitors and boxers. It was tremendous and I am confident the athletes will go on to be good fighters as well,” Ninvalle related during a telephone interview yesterday.
In addition to that, Guyanese boxers exhibited their skills and thrills over their counterparts from Suriname, who had four fighters, but all succumbed to the hosting nation.
“It was totally satisfying from our end; I must say thanks to the SBA for accepting our invitation and have four fighters featured; I want to say thanks to all my fellow executives too for their continued yeoman services to the boxing community, to the sponsors for the event and of course the referees for their splendid job,” Ninvalle gleefully expressed.
Ninvalle pointed out that Seon Bristol of Bris Promotions and Alford McDonald were very cooperative for Sunday’s activity and he is indebted to them for their contributions and inputs for boxing in Guyana. Bristol is involved in local and overseas boxing promotions and Ninvalle said their relationship will be long-lasting since “Nuff Cuff” event will be annually.
Quizzed on what is next on the agenda for the GABF, Ninvalle took the opportunity to state that they will be running off the Novice bout in March and he is expecting the same level of commitment and enthusiasm from the young fighters.
At the same time two Guyanese boxers, Desmond “Dynamite” Amsterdam, a Caribbean Middleweight champion, and Caribbean Lightweight champion Joel Williamson, will begin preparations for an overseas assignment soon. They will be heading to Azerbaijan, a Middle-Eastern country.
Ninvalle made a comment also that he was very confident that these two champion boxers could make Guyana proud and spoke with confidence that the pair should succeed again.
“When our fighters going overseas to compete means they are ready to box for Guyana and I am optimistic that both Amsterdam and Williamson will not come back empty handed; they are powerful and they have been doing well to reach this far,” Ninvalle declared.
