On December 3, 1978 junior middleweight Kenny Bristol won a hard-fought unanimous points victory over Reggie Ford. It was the 26th professional fight for the southpaw Ford while Bristol remained undefeated while chalking up his eighth professional victory.Two fights later, in June 1979, Bristol became the only Guyanese to win a Commonwealth title at home when he out-pointed Pat Thomas at the National Sports Hall. Ford would tackle Puerto Rican Luis Resto in his next fight following the Bristol defeat. Lightweight Eion Bancroft travelled to Rotterdam, Holland and defeated Miguel Ortiz by points in a four-round match. The fight was held on December 3, 1992.
Three years later on the same day junior lightweight Gairy St. Clair stopped Earl Trotman in two rounds. St. Clair would go on to become the fourth male Guyanese to win a world title. He also went 12 rounds with Diego Corrales in December 1998.