FORMER Commonwealth boxing champions Lennox Blackmoore and Kenny Bristol have joined forces with the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to stage a 15-bout amateur card in commemoration of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations.The card will be held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on May 28th from 19:00hrs and admission is $500.00.
Addressing members of the media on Saturday at the office of Odinga Lumumba, former amateur boxer and head of the Briso Promotions group, Seon Bristol, said when he learnt that boxing was not a part of the `Golden Jubilee’ celebrations, he immediately made contact with former Commonwealth champions Lennox Blackmoore and Kenny Bristol for the two of them to make a collaborative effort along with (Seon) and the GBA to have a card staged to celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary.
Bristol thanked the media for the support they have been giving to the sport and said it is unfair for boxing not to be a part of the Independence celebration.
Seon informed the media that both Kenny Bristol and Blackmoore agreed to make the May 28 card a memorable one and plans to make it an annual event.
Blackmoore said initially, they had wanted to stage a professional card, but in the end they thought otherwise.
GBA’s Technical Director and head of the organising committee, Terrence Poole, thanked the two former Commonwealth champions as well as Seon Bristol for lending their support to the card.
Poole promised that all 15 bouts listed for the May 28 card will be action-packed and stated that it would have been unfitting if boxing had not been included as part of the `Golden Jubilee’ celebrations.