The Guyana Defence Force launched a staunch defence of their Lennox Blackmore National Intermediate championship winning five of their six bouts on Friday night at the national gymnasium.
However, the story of the night was the underdogs from the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), especially Travis Inverary, the light middleweight pugilist who began his campaign at this level with an emphatic victory over GDF’s Jamal Booker.
Inverary began the three-round bout cautiously with Booker mirroring his actions.
However as Inverary began his assault in the second round, Booker had no answer, sustaining sharp right crosses at regular intervals. To his credit, Booker withstood the blows but had no answer as Inverary ran roughshod over the GDF man.
At the end, Inverary’s arm was raised in triumph in a well-deserved points victory.
Additionally, FYF’s Septon Barton had a walk over in his lightweight quarterfinal.
Unfortunately, out of the seven bouts scheduled for the night three were walkovers.
The results on night one are as follows:
Lightweight – quarterfinal
Septon Barton FYF walkover against Alex Hazel police
Lightweight QF – Oswald Jewan GdF beat Lennox Harvey from police RSC round 1
Quarterfinal light middleweight
Christopher Henry GDF win RSC round 1 against Sean Rodney of police
Semifinal light middleweight
Travis Inverary FYF beat Jamal booker gdf on points
QF light heavyweight
Malachai Clarke GdF walkover Antonio smith from police
Semifinal light heavy weight
Javon Thomas GdF beat RSC round 1 against Jose Tumbler from police
QF super heavyweight
Zidhan Ray gdf win by walkover against Rawle Wayne Payne
