AMERICAN Jerry Page was undefeated in eight fights when he came up against the lightning fists that belonged to Guyanese Terrence Alli.

The fight took place at the Ballys Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City in New Jersey and after 10 rounds the judges threw the unanimous-decision verdict in Alli’s corner.
Lynn Carter and John Riley saw Alli win by a 98-91 margin while Frank Brunette scored the fight 99-90. It was the third successive fight in Atlantic City for junior welterweight Alli who had defeated Darryl Tyson two months earlier.
Regarded as one of the best produced by Guyana, Alli commenced fighting as a professional in December 1979 and had his first two bouts on home soil and the next nine in Trinidad and Tobago.
He made three unsuccessful challenges for world titles, once as junior welterweight and twice as a lightweight. Based in the USA, he returned to Guyana in September 1996 to battle rising star Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis but lost in round two by TKO.