Four-man boxing team for C/bean c/ships

Coach Terrence Poole and the four boxers pose for a photo at the Grantley Adams International Airport en route to St Lucia yesterday.

Guyana’s hopes of excelling at the Caribbean Development Boxing tournament now rests on the shoulders of young but competent pugilists, Keevin Allicock, Colin Lewis, Joel Williamson and Desmond Amsterdam.

Down from a projected full strength 13-man team, the four boxers will be tasked with flying the Golden Arrowhead high at the four-night event which got underway last evening in St Lucia.

Team Guyana, the two-time winners of the fixture which started in 2015, was aiming for a three-peat, but the lack of adequate funding forced the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to select the team based on the funding that was accumulated.