High school grad to make professional boxing debut on Fight Night Pro Am card

Kishawn Simon going through his paces during a workout yesterday at the Pocket Rocket Boxing gym. (Orlando Charles photo)

By Emmerson Campbell

Three grade ones, three grade twos, four grade threes and a grade four  – those are the CXC grades of 22- year-old Kishawn Simon who will be making his professional boxing debut on the 25th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on July 27.

Simon, the Berbice High School graduate, will be matching gloves with 42-year-old Patrick Boston in a four-round catchweight fight.

In the sport of boxing, especially locally, it is a rarity to find a boxer with a