‘Sniper’ Cox takes out Bess

Shawn Cox lands a brutal left hook to the jaw of Kurt Bess during their brief encounter Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

By Emmerson Campbell

World Boxing Council’s (WBC) CABOFE cruiserweight champion Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox scored a sensational first round knockout of Guyana’s Kurt Bess Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall at the 19th staging of the Friday Night Fight card organised by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control.

The first of three knockdowns occurred 40 seconds into the headline bout and brought the crowd at the venue to its feet as the southpaw Cox landed a vicious straight left to the nose of Guyana’s