Silver for Amsterdam at Continental Championships

Guyana’s reigning Sportsman of the Year, Dasmond Amsterdam will return to the shores of the Land of Many Waters with a silver medal earned at the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Continental Elite Men’s and Women’s, Youth and Junior Championships.

Amsterdam, in the gold medal bout of the light heavyweight class (75-80kg), on Wednesday night lost narrowly, on points, to Keven Emmanuel Beauséjour of Canada, having to settle for the silver.

However, Amsterdam’s performance shows improvement on that of 2022 at the Continental Championships, where be bagged a bronze medal in the middleweight division. At that time, he was the only one in a three-member Guyana team, to cop a medal.

This time around, Amsterdam’s teammate Keevin Allicock has added to the tally with a bronze medal earned in the featherweight class (54-57kg). The successful Guyanese duo was accompanied by Coach Terrence Poole to Cali, Colombia, where they competed.