PRESIDENT of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle will be running for an executive position when the International Boxing Association (AIBA) holds its congress in South Korea in November.
Ninvalle, along with president of the American Confederation of International Boxing Association (AMBC) Dr Domingo Salano, was one of the two persons selected at a recent meeting in Barbados that was attended by presidents of 13 Caribbean countries.
The Guyanese was nominated by Barbados and seconded by the US Virgin Islands, is regarded as someone who is more than dedicated to the sustainability and development of amateur boxing.
It showed how much he was favoured after he (Ninvalle) received votes from all 13 representatives at the meeting in Barbados.
Ninvalle said that he’s very happy with the confidence shown by his Caribbean counterparts and said that once successful at the elections in South Korea, he would work extra hard for not only Guyanese fighters, but for the development of Amateur boxing across the Caribbean,
It is the first time that someone from an English-speaking Caribbean country was nominated for what is deemed as an important position on AIBA.