RICHARD Williamson defeated Dillon Allicock to become the new super bantamweight boxing champion of Guyana, Saturday night, when Mark Thom Promotions staged its first professional boxing card.The contest which took place at the Rose Hall ground was the feature one of a three-fight card that attracted a reasonable crowd, according to a source close to the card.

The source, who has lots of knowledge of the sport told Chronicle Sport that Allicock did most of the attacking during the 12-round bout but became tired after the 9th round and Williamson took advantage of this and went ahead on the judges’ score cards.
According to the source, Williamson won 117-112, 117-111 and 117-111 on the three judges’ score cards.
In the main supporting bout, Derrick Richmond defeated James Walcott on points in a six-round super middleweight contest.
Walcott was a replacement for Romeo Norville who was deemed unfit to contest the bout since at the medical check-up, the doctor indicated that his blood pressure was too high and Walcott was asked to replace him.
In the other bout, Revlon Lake defeated Kishawn Simon by a unanimous decision in a six-round lightweight contest.
The card which is the first professional card to be staged in Berbice was promoted by Mark Thom, a Berbician who resides in Berbice and was an amateur boxer.