ANTHONY ‘The Pearl’ Andrews was two months short of turning 22 when he met American Darryl `Fast Fist’ Fuller on April 3, 1986 at the Felt Forum in New York. Andrews was coming off an eighth- round split decision loss to George Leach, and was adamant that the judges would not have a say in his next fight. 

Fuller was caught with several vicious punches that forced referee Al Lobianco to halt the contest at two minutes 28 seconds of the first round. It was the first fight that ended in the opening stanza for the Guyanese who improved to 10-2 with the victory.
Andrews had to endure an eleven-year wait before he pulled off another first round TKO. In June 1997 he ended the hopes of Teofilo Fedrico in the first round.
He would add one other victory to his record. This was followed by losses to Silvio Bronco (1998), Scott Pemberton (1999) and Thomas Tate (2000). The once slick Andrews gave up boxing after battling Tate.
In a career that spanned 18 years, Andrews was crowned Guyana bantamweight, welterweight and middleweight champion. His attempt at the World Boxing Association middleweight title in May 1995 was unsuccessful as Argentine Jorge Castro won by TKO in the 12th round.
`The Pearl’ currently resides in the USA.