GUYANESE middleweight boxer Desmond Amsterdam lost his 80 kg quarter-final bout at the Central America and Caribbean Games on Tuesday.
Amsterdam lost to Venezuela’s Diego Pereyra four rounds to one. He lost the first round on the judges’ scorecards 30-27 but won the second round 29-28.
He went on to lose the remaining rounds, 29-28, 30-27, and 29-28, to bow out at the quarter-final stage.
Amsterdam began his campaign with a round-two knockout of Dominica’s Daniel Shillingford.
Terron Wintz and Colin Lewis will also compete in the quarter-final bouts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
On Monday, Terron Wintz, fighting in the round of 16, dominated Kyghan Mortley in the men’s 70 kg division, earning a unanimous points decision.
Colin Lewis also took a unanimous points decision to win over Barbados’ Peter Murray in the men’s 65 kg category.