The town of Rose Hall, Berbice is bracing for an invasion of the country’s top youth Simon Pures, this Saturday when the Guyana Boxing Association under President Steve Ninvalle will take the fistic sport to the Ancient County.
According to Ninvalle, a former vice President of AIBA, the move is in keeping with President Irfaan Ali’s theme of ‘One Guyana’, hence the decision by the GBA top brass to decentralize the sport.
Ninvalle said the tournament will cater for youths under 16 years of age.
“This fits into His Excellency’s concept of ‘One Guyana’ and it plays a big part in decentralizing the sport of boxing. This will be the first time I think in about 20 years the amateur association will be hosting boxing in Rose Hall,” the GBA president said.
According to Ninvalle the event will box off from 17:30 hrs at the Rose Hall Ground and is expected to conclude at 21:00hrs.
“The Rose Hall Jammers Gym has been doing exceedingly well as it relates to U-16 competitions and we find it fitting that the people of Rose Hall get a chance to see what their boxers do, they only get a chance to see them training, now they will get a chance to see them in the ring,” Ninvalle told this newspaper.
“I expect that this will be successful coming off of the heels of the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament. Our pledge is to focus heavily on our nursery. That is where we have been giving most of our support and we want to have continuous competition for this sector of boxing,” he said.
The price of admission is $500.
