JUNIOR welterweight Marcelle Daniels was coming of a five-fight losing streak when he met Rocky Benn in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 14, 1991. The judges pointed the decision into Daniels’ corner when the 10-round fight was completed.
The Guyanese had not won a fight since October 1987 when he claimed a Unanimous Decision over Duvines Rivas of Venezuela.
He started out as a pro in December 1985 and picked off Roy Smith, Leroy Lewis, William Gordon, Verrol Liverpoole, Dereck `Teacher’ McKenzie and Joseph Alexander to be unbeaten in six fights by October 1986.
Trinidadian Steve Asson and defeat were lurking around the corner in November of the same year. Asson soiled Daniels’ clean sheet with a 10-round point victory. Daniels had his last bout on February 25, 1995 but his effort was in vain against a power-puncher named Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis.
The fight was stopped in the sixth round as Lewis won by TKO. Daniels turned 51 last week and is a dedicated referee attached to the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association.