Guyana loses Olympic berth in boxing qualifiers in Brazil

Guyana’s last hope of punching a ticket to the London Olympic Games, lightweight boxer Stefan Gouveia, lost to the rampant 21-year-old Colombian Eduar Marriaga 25-nine when the pair matched gloves in their quarterfinal bout at the Olympic qualifier box off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday.

Gouveia who had booked a place in the quarterfinals by defeating Teofilo Jeronimo of Honduras 16-seven would have clinched an Olympic berth by defeating Marriaga