Amateur boxers now look to wild card for Olympic berth

Bert Braithwaite

By Emmerson Campbell

The three-man boxing team of Imran ‘Magic’ Khan, Stefan Gouveia and Bert Braithwaite which failed in their respective bids to clinch Olympic berths at the recently-concluded Olympic box off in Rio de Janiero, Brazil returned to Guyana yesterday.

During a media briefing yesterday at the office of President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Steve Ninvalle at the Ministry of Sport, coach/manager of the team Terrence Poole and Ninvalle gave brief remarks on the performance of the boxers.

Ninvalle also intimated that GABA’s executives will try to put every system in place to dissuade the talented amateur pugilists from turning professionals.
The GABA president also stated that there