GUYANA would be represented by two boxers when the Horace Phillips Memorial championships are held next week in Barbados.Welterweight Colin Martin and middleweight Marley Ross have been selected to represent this country at the annual event.
The coach of the team is Gregory `Chassis’ Cort. The competition was originally set for June 27 but has been rescheduled to July 1 because of 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations on the island.
Guyana Amateur Boxing Association president Steve Ninvalle explained that the association is also seeking to send one referee/judge to the championship.
The Horace Phillips Memorial is an annual tournament held in March in Barbados in honour of a former Liaison Officer of the Barbados Boxing Association who died 21 years ago.
The tournament attracts boxers from across the region and over the years Guyanese boxers have dominated. In 2014 locals returned home with five medals.
Ron Smith, Delon Charles and Diwani Lampkin collected gold medals while Clairmont `Cartel’ Gibson and Michael April copped silver medals. Last year, light heavyweight boxer Markember `Violence’ Pierre led a team of Guyanese boxers to the competition.
The team also included flyweight Jamaal Eastman, Ceon Griffith, manager/coach Wincell Thomas and referee/judge Keith Norville.