The seven-month wait for professional boxing starved fans is almost over.
According to match makers within the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), a Pro Am card highlighted by four professional fights is in the making for September 26 at the new Giftland Mall.
Dubbed ‘The Brawl at the Mall’, boxing fans can get ready to be served a scheduled 24 rounds of fistic fury.
The main course of the event will feature national welterweight champion, Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore defending his title against Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves.
The Azore/Gonsalves bout is planned for 12 rounds and will keep fight fans on the edge of their seats throughout the affair if it manages to go to the distance.
Azore (16-5-3) who resides in Trinidad and Tobago is the more polished and skillful fighter but the ‘Cobra’ (7-1-2) is a knockout artist with bone breaking power.
Just ask Mohamed Dawes, Revlon Lake and Mark Austin, the last three fighters the venomous puncher defeated within the distance.
To whet the appetites of the boxing hungry fans, the organizers have put together a sumptuous undercard which includes debutants, Imran Khan and Stephan Gouveia.
Khan, a former amateur standout will face David Thomas in a four-round lightweight scrap while Gouveia takes on Keeve Allicock in a featherweight fight also scheduled for four rounds.
Anson Green and Quincy Gomes will match gloves in the co-feature. Their light welterweight matchup is scheduled for six rounds.
More details on the upcoming card will be published in subsequent articles. (Emmerson Campbell)
