… GBA not informed of new committee

WITH the intention of helping to resuscitate the sport of boxing in the Ancient County, Businessman Roy Jafarally will head the new Berbice Boxing Committee, which was officially launched over the weekend. The 41-year-old Jafarally of Fort Ordnance, East Canje, Berbice, said the team recognised that boxing has died within the region and therefore planned to resuscitate the boxing gyms across Berbice that have been dormant. In a release, Jafarally said there are coaches in Berbice “who would have resigned to their homes and not doing anything to come back into these gyms and to stimulate the process of having the youngsters now execute their interests in boxing taking into account all the COVID -19 protocols.”
At present, Berbice has four boxing gyms all of which had to close as a result of the COVID-19 measures along with the lack of equipment needed by boxers to engage in the sport.
The Berbice Boxing Committee also intends to hold dialogue with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson, as well as president of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle. Ninvalle, when contacted by Chronicle Sport, said he was unaware of the committee being formed in Berbice, and stated that he will hold off on any comment until being informed of its existence. The other members of the committee are Eli Hazel, Pinky Arthur, Greggory Cort and Royan Abrams.