By Donald Duff
You may have heard of brothers Raul and Steven Frank, Guyanese boxers who fought for world titles. Now another brother, Ronson Frank, a cruiserweight, is set to pick up where those two gladiators left off
A few years ago on a visit to the Gleason’s Boxing Gym in New York, the first person I saw as I walked through the door was Raul Frank.
We chatted.
Frank told me of his upcoming fights and his plans for the future. Later on I was to see Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis and Zab Judah engaging in a light hearted bit of sparring without gloves and Gairy `Superman’ St Clair, who at that time was managed by former table tennis player, Basil Boyce.
My talks with those and other Guyanese boxers in New York, most of whom trained at Gleason’s led to a piece entitled “Guyanese boxers still seeking elusive world title,” in reference to the fact that up to then no boxer fighting under the Golden Arrowhead had won a world title.
The following year that elusive hunt came to an end when Lewis won the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title beating James Page.
The careers of the Frank brothers Raul and Steven were outstanding even at the amateur level.
Their father Richard claims both boxers won the Novices, Intermediate and National Open championships the same year which enabled their club Dowding International Boxing Gym to place second in the championships.
