A PROPOSAL for support of the ‘Year of the Caribbean’ has been dispatched to AIBA’s interim president Franco Falcinelli and a response should be forthcoming at an Extraordinary Congress to be held in Dubai this week.

According to president of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle, the proposal outlines four priority areas where AIBA’s support is needed and is to be formally handed over to the interim president later this week.

Ninvalle met with Falcinelli in the Italian capital of Rome last week and was assured that Year of the Caribbean would be reported on in Dubai.

“I am optimistic that the Year of the Caribbean would be a success. We have dispatched a proposal to AIBA and the Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC). This proposal will also be presented at the Extraordinary Congress in Dubai,” Ninvalle said.

In 2016, under the presidency of Taiwanese D. Ching Kwo-Wu, AIBA had declared 2017 as the Year of Africa and 2018 the Year of the Caribbean. However, not much activity was reported during the Year of Africa. Wu resigned from his post late last year paving the way for Falcinelli to take over control of the 202-member organisation.