Sledgehammer’ versus ‘Sniper’ bout should be a knockout

Guyana’s cruiserweight and heavyweight champion Kurt Bess throws a left jab at local lightheavyweight champion Kwesi `Lightning Struck’ Jones during a sparring session yesterday at the Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis Gym yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

Says Emmerson Campbell

Guyana’s cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Kurt ‘The Sledgehammer’ Bess will look to destroy the bodywork and break through the defenses of World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE cruiserweight champion Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox when the two pugilists match gloves for the latter’s title in the headline bout of the 19th edition of the Pro Am Guyana Fight Night card on December 17.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word sledgehammer is derived from the Anglo Saxon word “Slaegan”, which, in its first sense, signifies “to strike violently.”

Sledgehammers are mainly