President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool feels that having a strong amateur boxing programme will be beneficial to professional boxing and as such is calling for funding for amateur boxers.
According to Abdool, the government should help fund amateur boxing along with the world governing body AIBA.
“The Guyana Boxing Association is the amateur body and well and ably handled by (Steve) Mr. Ninvalle and crew. As the amateur body, they are essentially tasked with promulgating the sport at an amateur level, funding competitions and honing the skills of our youngsters and guiding them to Olympic glory which is the ultimate pinnacle of the sport at the amateur level,” said Abdool in a wide ranging interview on the state of professional boxing in Guyana. “Funding, therefore, for the amateurs, should be nationally driven and should emanate essentially from government coffers through the Ministry of Sport,” he said.
