Boxing champion Patrick Forde dies

Esteemed company! Patrick Forde (left) is pictured in happier times with Cliff Anderson (right) and his brother Reginald Forde.

Guyanese lightweight champion Patrick Forde passed away at 6.45 am today in a New York hospital according to his brother Reginald.

Stabroek News learnt that Patrick, 54, suffered a heart attack last Tuesday and succumbed today at the facility. Forde is considered among Guyana’s greatest boxers, having the distinction of being the first Guyanese to fight for a world title under the Golden