ST Lucian, Arthur Langalier, regarded as Guyanese boxer Desmond Amsterdam’s greatest rival in recent times, will be coming to Guyana on February 17 for a rematch of sorts, at the Patrick Ford Memorial tournament at the National Gymnasium.

The two pugilists met in the final of the Caribbean Boxing Championships (CBC) last year in Guyana and Langalier thoroughly tested Amsterdam; giving him his only 8-count he got throughout the competition.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has collaborated with Alford McDonald to stage the second edition of the Patrick Ford Memorial tourney which will ring off GBA’s 2019 calendar of activities; the card will have 15 bouts.

Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago will be naming their team on Friday but TTBA president Cecil Forde has revealed that he will be sending a team of five boxers.

Suriname will be sending four boxers who will arrive in Guyana on February 15.
Forde, who died at age 55 in Brooklyn, New York in 2011, fought Salvador Sanchez for the WBC featherweight championship of the world in 1980 and was the first Guyanese to fight for a world title before he fought his last professional bout in 1987.

Last year’s tournament included three countries – hosts Guyana, Suriname and St Lucia – with the host nation emerging as champion.
This year, the tournament will see fighters from Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St Lucia and Suriname doing battle in the ring for top honours.