JUNIOR middleweight Reggie Ford became the second Guyanese scalp for Puerto Rican Luis Resto on February 18, 1979.

The fight was held in Georgetown, Guyana and Ford lost the 10-round battle on points. Four months earlier the Puerto Rican had a meal of another Guyanese. Resto knocked out Mark Harris in the seventh round in a contest held in October 1978.
Resto finally met his Guyanese match in August 1979. Vernon Lewis regained some pride for the Land of Many Waters by winning the 10-round event by a split decision. While Ford had his last fight in April 1984 and willingly bowed out of the sport, Resto’s ending was ignoble.
After a 10-round contest against Billy Collings Jr on June 16, 1983 in Madison Square Garden Resto was declared winner by unanimous decision. However, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) ordered the result changed to ‘No Contest’ following charges that the Puerto Rican’s gloves had been illegally tampered with by trainer `Panama’ Lewis before the bout.
Resto was convicted of assault, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a deadly weapon (his fists), in 1986. He served 2-1/2 years of a three-year sentence. Both he and Lewis were banned from boxing for life.