By Emmerson Campbell
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite will headline a five-fight all-pro card dubbed ‘Redemption’ which will be staged at the Thirst Park ground on September 2.
According to executives of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) the US-based Braithwaite will have a chance to redeem himself following a humiliating first round knockout at the hands of Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox six months ago.
The ‘Big Truck’ will match gloves with Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese Sean Corbin for the vacant WBC CABOFE cruiserweight title.
The card will also feature WBC CABOFE middleweight champion Edmond’ Wonder Boy’ DeClou, local featherweight champion Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell, Gladwin Dorway and bantamweight Richard Williamson.
DeClou will once again face former European and local middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman whom he defeated last year for the local title in a 10-round affair. The Dominica-based ‘Wonder Kid’ coming off sensational knockout victories over Rudolph Fraser and Revlon Lake will take on Mark Austin who held him to a draw in their first encounter in 2010. The Atwell/Austin junior welterweight matchup is scheduled for eight rounds.
Dorway, the new exciting prospect who has won both of his professional bouts via the KO route, will take on Jermaine King in a six-round catch weight fight, while Williamson who won his debut bout last month against Dilan Allicock is scheduled to face debutant Esan Rose in a four-round contest.
Corbin, 37, is a former WBC CABOFE light heavyweight champion who has a record of 14 wins (10 by KO) and three losses will be stepping up in weight to face the ‘Big Truck’ who is a world renowned knockout specialist.
Twenty of Braithwaite’s 24 wins have ended prematurely and the Plaisance native who will turn 37 on Thursday will be looking to make a statement in perhaps his last chance at redemption on home soil.
Will the ‘Big Truck’ roll over Corbin or will Corbin register his 15th victory? The answer will be known on September 2. Eastman who has a record of 47 wins,10 losses and two draws will have redemption on his mind as he will be looking to snap his four-fight losing streak against DeClou (12 wins, two losses and a draw)who is on a nine-fight winning streak.
The admission fee and bell time, which are yet to be decided, will be given in a subsequent publication.
