… GBA provides insurance for boxers

FRESH from his first-round dismantling of St Lucian Nathan Ferrari last Sunday, Guyana and Caribbean light welterweight champion Colin `Superman’ Lewis is scheduled to leave for Mexico this afternoon to commence a one-week training camp.

Lewis will be accompanied by Guyana and Caribbean bantamweight champion `Lightning’ Keevin Allicock. Coach Terrence `Cool’ Poole will arrive in Mexico a few days later. The one-week camp commences tomorrow in Mexico City and will be followed by participation in the Central American and Caribbean Qualifiers in Tijuana from March 10 to 18.

The team’s trip to Mexico was made possible by the Guyana Olympic Association through its president K. Juman-Yassin. President of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, disclosed that had it not been for Yassin’s intervention Guyana may not have been represented in Mexico.

“In my opinion Mr Yassin went beyond the call of duty to make sure that the training camp was up and running again after it had been initially cancelled. The GOA also provided the tickets for all three members of the team,” Ninvalle said.

A number of Caribbean and Latin American countries will be attending the training camp.
Meanwhile, Ninvalle announced that Lewis and Allicock were yesterday issued with insurance policies for their camp to Mexico. “I don’t think that it has ever happened in boxing in Guyana but this is something that we will continue to do.

It’s important and only apposite that our athletes are covered especially while on overseas assignment,” the GBA boss said while adding that coach Poole would also be insured.

Ninvalle extended gratitude to president of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control, Peter Abdool, for assisting with the insurance policies, and to the National Sports Commission.
The team is expected back in Guyana on March 19.