THE upcoming fight between Guyanese Clive Atwell and Jamaican Sakima Mullings should be an artistic event with the smarter and better conditioned fighter coming out the winner.That is the opinion of Atwell’s coach Lennox Daniels who has declared 100 percent confidence that his fighter will be the victor.

“It is going to be a very interesting fight and an artistic battle. The smarter and more conditioned fighter will prevail and I have no doubt that at the end Clive Atwell is going to win,” Daniels said yesterday, after a training session at the Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis gym.
“I am pleased at the rate we are going. Right now we have achieved 75 percent of the condition needed for the fight.
“We have another 10 days to get to 100 percent and will get there easily. We have sparred 46 rounds so far and still have some more to do. If I were to judge Clive’s condition now as against that for previous fights I would have to say that he is now on par with the best he has achieved,” the coach declared.
Atwell and Mullings clash on February 21 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the main bout of a card organised by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control.
The Jamaican was originally scheduled to match gloves with former WBA welterweight champion Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis but the latter sustained an injury to his collarbone paving the way for Atwell to come in as a replacement.
Since 2011, Mullings has defeated Guyanese Winston Pompey, Howard Eastman, Revlon Lake and Dereck Richmond. The trend has forced the promoters to seek out Atwell in an effort to bring a halt to the “eye pass”.
The forthcoming bout is to be contested in the super lightweight (junior welterweight) division and Atwell would be moving up from featherweight.
However, Daniels, a veteran coach, has assured that his charge is well prepared for the upward shift in division and would be packing speed and power on fight night.
“It’s not the first time that he (Atwell) is going to be competing as a super lightweight. He has done that before and did very well. We are doing our work in the gym. We have been doing rigorous training. This fight is going to show just how good a boxer Clive is,” said Daniels.
“We have been studying several of Mullings’ fights and we understand his style,” Daniels added.
Atwell sparred 12 rounds yesterday and is scheduled to continue today. Daniels explained that the amount of rounds would decrease from this afternoon with the final sparring session set for Friday.
The Atwell/Mullings contest headlines a five-fight card that heralds the return of CABOFE middleweight champion Edmond DeClou, who has been absent since sustaining a broken jaw in a fight against Dereck Richmond in October 2013.
Also making a return is middleweight Sharon `Stone’ Ward who will clash with American Lorissa Rivas.
CABOFE bantamweight champion Dexter Marques faces Quincy Gomes in a six-round catch weight contest while Travis Fraser will make his professional debut against Barbadian Charwyn Estwick.