CLAIRMONT Gibson was out-punched by his more experienced opponent Keevin Allicock, when the two traded punches on Tuesday night at the National Gymnasium.

The occasion was the Guyana Boxing Association/Briso’s `Sons of Champions’ Boxing Night Card’s feature bout on a 11-fight programme that was attended by a fair-sized crowd.
From the first gong, Allicock and Gibson took to the centre of the ring exchanging combinations which Gibson seemed to connect better, but Allicock weathered the storm and retaliated with combinations of his own.

However, the second round was much different as the Albouystown hero (Allicock) turned the tide and on two occasions caused the Trinidad and Tobago AIBA Three Star referee, Mr Beckles, to issue two standing eight-counts to Gibson.
During the round, Gibson threw several punches at Allicock but most of the punches went into thin air as Allicock used his speed and ring-craft to evade them.
The third and final round appeared to be the decisive round and both boxers stepped out from their respective corners in an aggressive manner, with Gibson looking to end the fight within the distance, but Allicock, the national and Caribbean bantamweight champion would not have any of that.

He brought his experience and ring-craft into play, slipping punches, cutting off the ring, as well as stepping in and out while connecting with two- and three-handed combinations in the process.
In the end, the Commonwealth Youth Games’ silver medallist was declared winner by unanimous points-decision.

The Allicock versus Gibson bout was entertaining from start to end and most of the other fights on the night’s card were equally enjoyable.
There was another bantamweight fight on the card that saw Julius Kesney force the referee to stop his contest against Junior Hyman at two minutes 30 seconds of the second round after pounding Hyman with some telling one-two combinations.
In the lightweight category, Desmond Amsterdam, Guyana and the Caribbean champion peppered Aluko Bess with some telling combinations and after enduring two minutes 44 seconds of the second round, the referee rightly stopped the contest in Amsterdam’s favour.

The heavyweight bout between GBA’s national champion John Mars and runner-up Aubrey Headley was very entertaining but after three rounds of slugging, Headley was declared winner by unanimous points-decision.

In the Schoolboys category, Shaquancy Wright and Travis Inverary both registered unanimous points-decision victories over Deron Williams and Richard Howard respectively.
In the junior category, Emanuel Pompey secured a split decision win against Sherman Morrison and in the Youth category, Justin Winfield scored a Technical Knock Out win over Michel Worrell at two minutes 54 seconds on round two.
Isaiah Moore secured a unanimous win against Omar Pollard and Deshon Elcock won by a split decision over Christopher Moore.