GUYANA’S first female world boxing champion Gwendolyn `The Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil is preparing to step back into the ring after a hiatus of almost four years.

O’Neil has signed to fight Sonya Lamonakis on April 4 in St Maarten.
A source close to the New York-based O’Neil said that the signing took place last week. Lamonakis, who is known in boxing circles as `The Scholar’, was born in Greece and has lost once in 13 fights. She has fought twice in 2014 and had a similar number of bouts the previous year.
O’Neil, who will turn 46 in August, last fought in October 2011 when she defeated Pauline London. She won the Women’s International Boxing Association light heavyweight title in May 2004 after beating American Kathy Rivers at the National Park in Georgetown.
The victory allowed Guyana to have its first female world champion and created history for O’Neil who became the first Guyanese to win a world title on home soil.
In recent times St Maarten has been a successful hunting ground for Guyanese boxers. Last December bantamweight Elton `Coolie Bully’ Dharry snatched the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter Continental title, following a unanimous decision victory over Jose Rios of Nicaragua.