JAMAICA has registered a five-man team of boxers to participate in the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament,scheduled for later this month at the National Gymnasium.
The team will be accompanied by two coaches and will mark the second time that the Land of Wood and Water is being represented at the tournament.
Head of the Jamaica Boxing Association,Stephen `Bomber’ Jones,recently forwarded the list of participants to the Guyana Boxing Association.
The Jamaicans would be led by Lightweight Daniel Hylton who would be on his third trip to Guyana.
Hylton laced up gloves in the first Caribbean Development tournament held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in November 2015,and the following year participated in the first ever Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors,also held at the Sports Hall.
Hylton would be supported by teammates Joseph Coley, Ramone Chung, Rushawn McWhinney and Jerone Ennis. The head coach is Gilbert Vaz,while Godfrey Collins will work as his assistant.
Jamaica joins Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St Lucia and Suriname as the teams already registered for the May 12th -14th tournament. Trinidad has booked a strong team of eight boxers, while St Lucia and Barbados have registered four fighters apiece.
The GBA has contracted AIBA Three Star Referee/judge, `King’ James Beckles to provide a three-day seminar for local officials. The seminar commences on May 9, the same day that the Trinidadian Beckles will arrive.