Allicock aiming to give Guyana second Olympic boxing medal

Olympic Games bound boxer Keevin Allicock and his coach Sebert Blake pose for a photo shortly after arriving in Moscow, Russia yesterday

Forty one years ago, Guyana achieved its first and only Olympic medal, a bronze, thanks to Michael Parris who boxed his way to the podium in the bantamweight division at the Games which was staged in Moscow, Russia.

Fast forward to today, prize fighter, Keevin Allicock has arrived in Moscow, Russia to compete in a high-level training camp ahead of the Games which will take place from July 23 – August 8 in Tokyo, Japan.

Could the same place that put Parris and Guyana on the map serve as a catalyst for Guyana and the ‘Pride of Albouystown’ to achieve the second piece of Olympic hardware?