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St Lucia’s Nathan Ferrari (left) squares off with Guyana’s Colin `Superman’ Lewis yesterday at the Tower Suites. (Adrian Narine photo)
St Lucia’s Nathan Ferrari (left) squares off with Guyana’s Colin `Superman’ Lewis yesterday at the Tower Suites. (Adrian Narine photo)

‘Superman’ Lewis ready to crash the St Lucian Ferrari

AFTER exchanges of words and threats over the past two months, the verdict will be known tonight when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), in collaboration with McDonald’s Promotions, stages the inaugural Patrick Forde Memorial Open Championships at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, starting at 19:00hrs.

Tonight’s 14-fight card will see action in the Youth, Juniors, Female and Open categories and will feature boxers from Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and St Lucia taking on their local counterparts.

Having suffered a first-round knockout loss to Guyana and the Caribbean junior welterweight champion, Colin `Superman’ Lewis, in December of last year, St Lucia’s light welterweight Nathan Ferrari yesterday promised to avenge the loss in similar fashion.
Speaking at a press conference at the Tower Suites, the St Lucian declared `war’, stating that the fight will not go the distance (three rounds) as he will `terminate’ the `Spider’ before the final bell.

However, Lewis responded, saying he will stop the `Ferrari’ from working in the same manner he (Lewis) did last December at the Caribbean championships.
Ferrari said unlike what is being promoted as a grudge match, tonight’s fight is no grudge. “I hope to achieve what I’ve come here to achieve and that is to win tonight.”
Ferrari acknowledged that Lewis is as good a fighter as he is and so an interesting battle will unfold tonight.

The St Lucian thanked the organisers for the opportunity to face Lewis in a rematch and promised that the fight will surely be an entertaining one.
Lewis said he does not have much to say to the press since all questions will be answered tonight when he finishes his business with the St Lucian. “I went to St Lucia in December to take care of business and I did, now I’m at home and will continue taking care of business as usual,” Lewis stated.

Ferrari has spent the last two weeks in Trinidad and Tobago preparing for tonight’s fight and is said to be in terrific condition going into the `square jungle’ tonight, but according to Lewis’ camp, the Guyana and Caribbean champion is ready for anything that Ferrari has to offer.

There will be two bouts involving females from the Savannah Boxing Gym of Rupununi and Georgetown.
The weigh-in for tonight’s card will be held at the Tower Suites, beginning at 09:00hrs.
Admission for the card is $1 500 for ringside and $1 000 for stands.

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