AFTER prolific amateur boxing careers, Delon Charles and Joel Williamson are both confident of victories, come September 22, when they make their professional debuts on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) five-fight card dubbed `Young Guns – The Proving Ground’ at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Charles will face Terrence Adams in a four-round featherweight contest, while Williamson will come up against Anson Green in a four-round junior welterweight bout.

Both Green and Adams are no strangers to the ring as Green has already fought eight professional bouts, winning just two and losing the others, while Adams won his professional debut contest. So it will be interesting to see the outcome of their debuts in the `square jungle’ without vests and headgear.

The 29-year-old Charles, an employee of Guyana National Bureau of Standards, started his boxing career in the late 90s and over the years as an amateur has shown tremendous improvement which has prompted him to enter the professional life and, like his manager/coach Clive Atwell, aims to become Guyana’s next world champion.

Charles, who works out at the Ricola Boxing Gym, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, said he is very confident of winning his debut fight as a professional and he is enjoying the drills he is being put through by Atwell and is training hard to eventually win easily.

On the other hand, Williamson, a Caribbean Amateur gold medallist who has fought and won over 70 fights in the amateur ranks, is looking forward to September 22 to start his professional career on a winning note.

The 21-year-old orthodox fighter is beaming with confidence and feels no pressure as he gets ready for his professional career.

Williamson said while he knows it will be different from an amateur fight, it will surely be a special moment for him.

He acknowledged that he will be nervous but he knows what he has to do. He promised that his opponent, Green, will not go the distance (four rounds).

The feature bout on September 22 brings together Guyana’s Derick Richmond and Barbados’ Keithland King in a six-round middleweight contest.

The other fights on the card will see Rewinna David tackle Ansilla Norville in a four-round female bantamweight contest and James Moore take on Romeo Norville in a four-round cruiserweight fight.