Pompey fails chin check test

Chin checked: Pompey unsuccessfully tries to regain his composure after the vicious left hook in round two sent him sprawling to the canvas. (Orlando Charles photo)

By Emmerson Campbell

A vicious knockout by Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy brought the crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to its feet on Friday last at the staging of the 18th edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) ProAm Friday Night fights.

Hardy, in recent interviews with this newspaper had promised that if his opponent Winston Pompey could not withstand a punch