PRESIDENT of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle is among eight persons vying to be an AIBA Americas Executive Committee member when the Congress is held in South Korea early next month. 

According to documents released by AIBA yesterday, the GABA boss is listed among members from seven others countries ranging from Canada to Argentina. Once elected, Ninvalle will be in an assistant vice-president capacity in the Americas under AIBA vice-president Dr Domingo Salano who is the president of the Americas.
Trinidadian Referee/Judge Beckles had noted that it is the first time that a representative from the English-speaking Caribbean has been put up for this important election of the World amateur boxing body (AIBA) and he feels Ninvalle is a worthy candidate.
The road to the AIBA congress began in June this year at a meeting of Caribbean presidents. Then, the Guyanese was nominated by 13 Caribbean countries to run alongside Dr Salano. The AIBA Congress is scheduled for November 11 to 14 on Jeju Island, South Korea.
The other members vying for the EC position are: Osvaldo Bisbal (Argentina), Pat Fiacco (Canada), Rafael Vega Rodriguez (Costa Rica), Alberto Puig De La Barca (Cuba), Alex Gonzalez Gutierrez (Ecuador), Ray Silvas (USA) and Fran Lopez Almeida (Venezuela).