Olympian Allicock to lead AMBC Elite Championships team
First-time Olympian Keevin Allicock has been selected along, with two other boxers and a coach, as part of a four-member team that would represent Guyana at the Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Championships.
Keevin Allicock is coming off of a stint at the Olympic Games
The event is scheduled to be staged from September 25th to October 4th in Colombia. Aside from featherweight Allicock, Guyana will also be represented by light welterweight Colin Lewis and middleweight Desmond Amsterdam. The Coach will be National Three-star Coach Terrence Poole M.S.
The Championships will be a welcome one since, aside from Allicock competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games, the last time these boxers fought competitively was at the Caribbean Championships in 2019.
The trio of boxers that will represent Guyana. From left: Keevin Allicock, Colin Lewis and Desmond Amsterdam
“The Elite Championships give us another chance to not only expose our boxers, two of whom have not fought since 2019 when it was the Caribbean Championships, but it also gives us a chance to guage where we are within Latin America and the Americas,” Steve Ninvalle, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), shared with this publication in an invited comment.
The GBA Boss then added, “So, this is a very important Championship for us. Guyana has been (present) for most of the Elite Championships in the past; we’ve had representation, and this year will be no different.”
