Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schools Boxing…

THE attendance on Saturday was not as big as the previous night, and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Band Corps was noticeably missing, but the quality of the boxing on Night Two of the three-night seventh Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Girls Boxing Tournament was very good.

Defending champions, Guyana won six of 11 finals, while Antiguan Osahar Browne knocked out St. Lucia’s Joshua Rene in their Youth 92kg exhibition bout, a rarity in exhibition matches.
Widely regarded as the home of the best Schoolboy and youth pugilists in the English-speaking Caribbean, Guyana lost three of their bouts, as ‘the sweet science’ in the other Caribbean Islands continues to show improvement.

The most convincing victory of the night came in the penultimate bout, when Guyana’s Travis Inverary demolished Brian Cobb of Grenada.
The Referee stopped the contest in the first round, as the highly-touted Guyanese, urged on by his screaming teammates, unleashed a barrage of brutal combinations to the body and head of Cobbs to become Champion in the Elite 67kg.

Both fighters went at each other, throwing a flurry of punches, but it was Cobbs who got caught with a couple of hard shots to the mid-section, and after being administered three 8-counts, the contest was halted inside the first round.

Watched by a gathering that included brand Ambassador of MVP Sports, Olympian Keevin Allicock, and National Flyweight boxer Dexter Marques, the night ended inauspiciously for Guyana when southpaw Jaqwan Milo, who looked a shadow of himself against Mordino Massie of Suriname, lost.

Fighting in the Elite 75kg Divison, Milo seemed underprepared for this tournament, and threw some pawing right jabs and uppercuts, but was hit by some good shots from the Dutch boxer.
Milo was caught with some good combinations from Massie, and seemed to have problems with his fitness level, and executing his punches.
In the third round, Massie connected to Milo’s head with a hard right hook, and he got a standing 8-count.

Visibly exhausted, Milo tried to survive the final round by ‘tying up’ his opponent, but he was hit again on the ropes, causing National Coach, Francisco Roland of Cuba to throw in the towel.

OTHER RESULTS:
Schoolboys 9-10 final: Aaron Fileen (Guy) beat Nervon Medrick (SLU)
Schoolboys 13-14, 30 kg final: Shawn Ramnauth (TTO) beat Akil Quintyne (Guy)
Schoolboys 13-14, 38 kg final: Dreshawn Willery (Guy) beat Jaheem Alexander (TTO)
Schoolboys 13-14, 40kg final: Ezekiel Bancroft (Guy) beat Zafar Al Sadiq (TTO)
Schoolboys 13-14, 44kg final: Donne Sadhoe (Sur) beat Jemuel Jones (Guy)
Schoolboys 13-14, 54kg final: Ryan Rogers (Guy) beat Joshua Braithwaite (GRN)
Youths 63.5kg final: Darnel Sinaswee (TTO) beat Leon Loudat (ANT)
Youth 86kg final: Joshua Lewis (TTO) beat Tyrone Newton (GRN)

The final night was scheduled for last night.