TWO major World Boxing Council (WBC) championship fights were scheduled for December 30, 2023 at the Everest Cricket Ground involving USA-based super flyweight Elton Dharry and Guyana’s Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques.

Dharry, who hails from the Essequibo Island of Wakeman, will defend the WBC International super flyweight title he won last April at the Providence National Stadium in Guyana.
Marques was scheduled to fight for the WBC FECARBOX title in the main supporting about.

The card, which is sanctioned by the WBC and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control, is being organised by Nexgen Global Promotions and Jack Bharat, in association with the Everest Cricket Club and Ministry of Sports.
Unfortunately, it has now been postponed to late February, just after the Mashramani Republic Anniversary celebrations.

Boxing is the only sport that brought an Olympic medal to Guyana when Mike Parris won Bronze in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Guyana has also produced six World Champions, including two females. Andre ‘Six Heads’ Lewis, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, Vivian Harris, and Gary St. Clair and females Gwendolyn O’Neil and Shondelle Alfred. (Sean Devers)