GABA holds final camp for schoolboys
Jamaican boxers Joshua Forrest Davidson (at left) and Daniel Hylton
Jamaican boxers Joshua Forrest Davidson (at left) and Daniel Hylton

THE Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will this afternoon wrap up its final two-day training camp for schoolboys and juniors. The camp is the third of its kind and is part of the fine-tuning process ahead of this weekend’s International Schoolboys and Juniors tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
A total of 36 young boxers from around the country turned up at yesterday’s session at the Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis gym. The session was conducted by AIBA Three Star coach Sebert Blake with assistance from GABA Technical Director Terrence Poole, Clifton Moore and Orland Rogers
Today, the pugilists drawn from the Essequibo Gym, Forgotten Youth Foundation, Harpy Eagles, Pocket Rocket and Rose Hall Jammers of Berbice, are expected to have sessions at the National Gymnasium and Andrew Lewis gym. The camp is being held to prepare the locals for the expected Caribbean invasion.
The international tournament to be held on Friday and Saturday has attracted the attention of Barbados, Jamaica and St Lucia, all of whom have confirmed participation. The Jamaican team is scheduled to arrive on Thursday.
The team includes two boxers and one coach, but GABA president Steve Ninvalle disclosed that the island is seeking to send one more fighter. Joshua Forrest Davidson (69 kg) and Daniel Hylton (60 kg) would be battling for the Land of Wood and Water during the two-day tournament with Robert Napier as the coach.
Hylton was in Guyana last November to compete in the Caribbean Development Tournament. He beat local Christopher Moore in his first fight, but later lost to Trinidadian Justin Parris.
St Lucia has confirmed a team of four that would be led by light welterweight Nathan Ferrari. Lightweight Kareem Boyce and welterweight Taj Brown are the other fighters on the team. Ferrari was named St Lucia’s Best Junior Boxer of 2015 and would be paying his second visit to Guyana.
This weekend’s tournament is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and was organised following a regional call more attention to be paid to the nursery of the sport.

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