THE Guyana Amateur Boxing Association would be staging two more statutory competitions before bringing the curtain down on activity for 2014. 

GABA president Steve Ninvalle yesterday confirmed that the National Open competition is scheduled to be held late next month while the Champion of Champions is to be held early December.
Fighters in the Open competition would be vying for honours over three days commencing on October 24 and finishing two days later. GABA has just come off a successful staging of the first of two DDL Under-16 tournaments.
“We are pleased with the level of activity achieved during 2014 and hopefully will surpass in 2015 when we will be fine-tuning preparations for the Olympics,” Ninvalle said. .
Several overseas-based Guyanese boxers, including Quincy `Biggy’ Small, the younger brother of former world cruiserweight champion Wayne `Big Truck’ Braithwaite, have signalled their intention to participate in the National Open.
Small, a 255-pound super heavyweight, was born in Guyana but left 12 years ago for the USA.