Wayne `Big Truck’ Braithwaite, the second Guyanese to win a world title, made his second defence of the World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight crown on December 13, 2003. The fight was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The `Big Truck needed only one minute and 27 seconds of the first round to run over the Panamanian, forcing referee Eddie Cotton to call a halt to the carnage.
It was the 20th victory (17th by KO) for the undefeated Braithwaite who would have one more successful defence before surrendering the title to Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck on April 2, 2005.
Braithwaite had won the vacant WBC crown on October 11, 2002 after he TKOed Vincenzo Cantatore in round 10.
Eight days after, compatriot `Vicious’ Vivian Harris made October 2002 Guyana’s most successful month in boxing.
Harris secured the country’s second world title that month with a second round TKO of Cuban-American Diosbelys Hurtado to earn the title of WBA junior welterweight king.