Gwen O’Neil looks to productive 2014

Guyana’s first female world boxing champion, Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil stands with Nelson Mandela during the promotion of her 2007 title fight versus Laila Ali.

Guyana’s first female world boxing champion, Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil is looking forward to a productive New Year but at the same time mourning the death of an icon and one of her biggest influences, Nelson Mandela whom she met in 2007.

“I am looking forward to a productive and active 2014,” O’Neil told Stabroek Sport in a telephone interview from her training base in New York yesterday “I’m excited about my new management team and I will be defending my world heavyweight titles in 2014 against all the top

contenders but at the same time I am saddened by the