Until recently, the sport of boxing enjoyed tremendous popularity in Guyana.
There is just something about two men duking it out in the square jungle that, though bloodthirsty at times, is exciting nonetheless.
And while amateur boxing remains the only discipline to have won a medal for Guyana at the prestigious Olympic Games, through the iconic Michael Anthony Parris in Moscow, in 1980, the sport of professional boxing is a different kettle of fish altogether.
