The curtain came down on the Terrence Alli National Open Championships last night after three nights of fistic fury in the National Gymnasium, with gyms and boxers from around the country vying for trophies and bragging rights.
When the dust settled, best boxer Clairmont Gibson, along with Keevin Allicock, Desmond Amsterdam and Colin Lewis, were among the last men standing, blasting their way to victories inside the distance.
On Saturday night, Gibson disposed of Jamal Eastman in the fastest bout of the evening, finishing off his less experienced opponent within the first 75 seconds of the first round in the lightweight contest.
The GDF product then returned last night to stop Delroy Fordyce in the second round of their encounter.
Earning a first round stoppage was Allicock, who cruised to a TKO win versus the overmatched Teusimar Peters. In a brutal two-minute assault which left Peters’ face a reddened mass, the Forgotten Youth Foundation standout marched to victory.
Such was the ferocity of Allicock’s two-fisted assault, referee Richard Braithwaite had to jump between the piston fists of the Albouystown fighter and his under-fire opponent to halt the contest.
Lewis also earned a first round victory. A winded Diwani Lampkin decided he had had enough and threw in the towel before the start of the second round.
Amsterdam toyed with Aluko Bess, also of the GDF gym, in the first round, then was all business in the second. After three standing eight counts, the referee had seen enough and put an end to the middleweight bout.
Amsterdam, along with his gym mates, enabled the GDF gym to once again walk away with the Best Gym Trophy. Terrence Poole was awarded the Best Coach trophy.
For their heroics with the gloves, the standout pugilists earned themselves spots on the national team for next month’s Caribbean Championships. The December event will be staged in Trinidad and Tobago.
Quick Results of the full fight card (an asterisk depicts the winner):
Youth
Junior Welterweight
Alex Butcher versus Mark Crawford* (round 3)
Elites
Junior Flyweight
Richard Subratee versus Quacy Abrams* (points)
Bantamweight
Julius Kesney* (points) versus Asheer Al Azeem
Featherweight
Keevin Allicock* (first round) versus Teusimar Peters
Lightweight 60kg
Delroy Fordyce versus Clairmont Gibson* (second round)
Lightweight 63kg
Colin Lewis* (first round) versus Diwani Lampkin
Welterweight
Cranston McAllister versus Kevin McKenzie* (points)
Middleweight
Desmond Amsterdam* (second round) versus Aluko Bess
Light Heavyweight
Markember Pierre versus Dennis Thomas* (points)
Heavyweight
Darren France* (second round) versus Omar Sukhdeo
Super Heavyweight
Kevin Hunte* (first round) versus Antonio Williams
