AFTER a delay of over an hour, three walk-overs marred night two of the three-night Terrence Alli National Open Championships on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium.
The card, the first for the year, was organised by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), and attracted just a handful of spectators, including Olympian Keevin Allicock.

The lone female fight of the night saw Pace and Power (PP)’s Kenisha Klass registering a convincing victory against Rosehall Jammers (RHJ)’s Destiny Humphrey.
Humphrey seemed tired from the trip from Region Six, and failed to do her talent justice, while Klass showed her class with a relentless attack on the Berbician.
In the Elite category, Joel Williamson from the Rosehall Jammers was all over soldier Nickel Witter in their Light Welterweight contest.

A crunching right to Witter’s head sent him sprawling to the canvas before Williamson hurt him with hard body shots, resulting in the GDF pugilist failing to answer the bell at the start of the third and final round.
The Welterweight battle between Vergenoegen Boxing Gym (VBG)’s Zonoah Lyttle and GDF’s Damon France was the most entertaining fight on a low-key night, despite pulsating music from the DJ.
Both boxers took some time to ‘feel each other out’ with pawing jabs and dancing around in the first round, before trading shots as the bell sounded.

There was more intensity in the second round, with the boxers punching and counter-punching, with Lyttle scoring the more telling blows.
In the final round, both fighters began to tire as they went at each other, with Lyttle catching his man with effective jabs to the head and chest.
France tried to retaliate, but, in the end, the West Demerara boxer had done enough to take the fight.

In the school boys (31-33 kgs) Junior Madray from the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Gym that produced Guyana’s first World Champion, defeated Akeem Quintin (PP).
School Boys (40-42 kgs) PP’s Ronel George beat Isiah Ashby from ALG.

In the Junior Division (54-57kgs), Kurt Mahase from Guyana’s first Town, New Amsterdam Boxing Gym (NABG) won by a walkover from Lennox Lawrence (ALG).
Junior (61-64kgs) Emmanuel Sandiford (PP) defeated Hotham Vancooten (NABG) after the contest was stopped due to a shoulder injury sustained by Vancooten.

In the Elite: the GDF Cruiser Weight pair of Dwayne July and Akulo Bess won by walkover against Jaqwan Milo (GDF) and Hullman Bovell (Police), respectively.