GUYANESE Ray Alberts TKOed American Tim Broady on June 11, 1993 in Cayenne, French Guiana. Alberts had shifted camp from Guyana where he started his professional career in 1986 as a 23-year-old, to reside in the French-speaking South American country. He had his first four fights at home and was able to win all by TKO. However, Alberts’ fifth bout and first overseas engagement ended in defeat. Barbadian homeboy Edward `Yogi Bear’ Neblett won the 10-round encounter by unanimous decision on October 3, 1986, one day after his opponent’s 24th birthday.
Alberts was crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) FECARBOX super middleweight champion in May 1991, following a fourth round TKO of Felix Medina. In December 1993, he challenged for the lightly regarded World Boxing Board (WBB) light heavyweight title but was TKOed in round three by Englishman Garry Delaney.
His nine-year career produced 29 fights, 19 of which were victories. Alberts fought 14 times in his adopted homeland of French Guiana, eight times in Guyana and once each in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Guadeloupe and Martinique.