BOTH Anson Green and Gladwin Dorway started their professional careers in contrasting fashions, with Green losing to David Thomas, who suffered a second-round TKO at the hands of Dorway in last month’s Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)-organised Friday Night Fights at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Two weeks from now, these two pugilists will meet in a four-round light welterweight encounter, to punch off the professional segment of the 25th edition of the GBBC ProAm Friday Night Fights at the same venue and a confident Dorway has promised to record an early finish.
“I don’t like the colour green at all and the fact that it is his surname spells trouble for him. My favourite colour is blue and when I am finished with him, he would be wishing and even asking his parents, why he was not named Anson Blue instead of Anson Green,” said Dorway.
The 24-year-old pugilist is undergoing the technical instructions and guidance of Carl Franklyn, a well-known amateur coach in Golden Grove.
Looking back at his second-round humiliation of Thomas, Dorway said he got what he deserved, since he failed to show him any respect at the time of signing the contract to face him and during the press conference held in the studios of NCN Channel 11.
“He doesn’t know me and probably never saw me in action before, yet he was disrespectful to say he was going to knock me out.
“Even though I warned him to be careful of his words less he be the one getting knocked out, he ignored me so I had to punish him for running up his mouth and when I face Green, it would be no different.”
He added, “Every time I enter the gym, my coach tells me to train hard to make my fight easy and those words are imbedded in me so much, that I am training with intensity for this fight with Green.
“I will be looking for an early knockout and there are no ifs and buts about it. In fact, I am so confident, that I have not even thought of a plan ‘B’ and the way I am feeling now, this fight will not last four rounds. My condition and confidence are at its peak right now, so he needs to beware.”
Asked about the future for Gladwin Dorway, the Plaisance-based pugilist said he is looking to take on Jermaine King and reigning World Boxing Council/Caribbean Boxing Federation (WBC/CABOFE) welterweight champion Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy.
“I want King (Jermaine) so bad, that when I go to the gym, I see his face on the speed ball and heavy bags. We fought before as an amateur and while I would not disclose the result of that fight, I do know that I want to face him as a professional boxer now.
“Added to that, there are a lot of junior welterweight fighters out there, whom I want to face, as I have a lot of business to take care of and as I move up in weight, I would not resist the opportunity to face Simeon Hardy sometime next year too,” stated Dorway.
He did say, however, that facing Hardy is not a problem but he needs to have some ring experience under his belt as a professional, since he knows of Hardy’s reputation on the local scene and don’t wish to go into the squared circle as a rookie.
For now, he is focusing on destroying and humiliating Green, with a matchup against King being his next goal.
Other fights on this month’s ProAm FNF will see Richard Williamson from Berbice, take on Dillon Allicock in a four-round bantamweight encounter, in which both fighters will be making their professional debuts.
Patrick Boston returns to the ring after losing a unanimous decision to national middleweight champion Edmond De Clou, to take on another debutant in Kishan Simon in a four-round catchweight encounter, while recently crowned national featherweight champion Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell, will meet national lightweight champion Revlon Lake in the main bout.
There will also be four amateur bouts organised by the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association, who, along with the GBBC and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, is coordinating the monthly ProAm card, which has been giving boxers on the local scene and even in the Caribbean upward mobility.
An admission fee of $1 000 for the night’s action will be charged for adults, while children are asked to pay half price.