Boxing champion Patrick Forde passes away

Patrick Forde raised his hand after winning one of his titles in Georgetown years ago.

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

Stabroek News learnt that Patrick, 54, suffered a heart attack last Tuesday and succumbed yesterday at the facility. Forde is considered among Guyana’s greatest boxers,