Gouveia, Braithwaite reach quarters

Bert Brathwaite

Guyanese fighters Stephan Gouveia and Bert Braithwaite have qualified for today’s quarterfinal of the American Boxing Confederation’s third and final qualifiers in Panama City on Sunday evening.

Gouveia, competing in the lightweight division, defeated Canadian Jag Sheera 13-11 while Central America and Caribbean (CAC) fighter Braithwaite edged Uruguay’s Johnny Gabriel Baccino Val in the junior welterweight division.

With those victories Gouveia will now square off with Wellington Arias of the Dominican Republic and Braithwaite will take on Yoelvis Hernandez of