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Apr 22, 2012 Sports
It’s approximately one week to fight night and the boxers scheduled to appear on the 22nd edition of the monthly Friday Night Fights scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on April 27 next are all applying themselves diligently in their respective gyms and ready to turn in respectable performances.
One only needs to visit the respective gyms to verify the truth of this statement.
On Friday evening last, Mandessa Moses turned in a brilliant display of power punching and skill as she faced off with several prominent amateur boxers at the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym (ALBG), Albouystown.
She is scheduled to match gloves with a Brazilian after her original opponent; Trinidadian Tiana Sosa opted out of their 8 rounds lightweight fight.
This has become a regular occurrence for Moses whose awesome punching power and superb ring generalship have seen her compiling an almost impeccable record but for an earlier loss to Barbadian Wendy Allen.
Several attempts to avenge this loss proved futile since the Bajan has concocted every excuse in the book to avoid the matchup.
With a paucity of credible opponents, Moses was forced to look outside of her weight division and most of her recent bouts were catchweight affairs against opponents that outweighed her by as many as 50 pounds. In her last outing she defied a similar weight advantage enjoyed by Pauline London to romp home with a unanimous verdict.
The concentration employed by Moses seems to suggest that irrespective of whom her opponent, she is ready to throw down the gauntlet. Top amateur pugilist, Richard Williamson found this out when he engages in several rounds Friday evening last.
Holding a high guard and looking compact and well toned, Moses unleashed a two fisted assault that had the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym representative covering up.
Moses also sparred among a few other top amateurs before turning to muscle building exercises, skipping and a hectic session if calisthenics.
The pleased expression on Lennox Daniel’s face as he took his charge through her paces said it all. He endorsed that indeed he was pleased with Moses’ advancement and said that she was in the best shape of her life.
Though he shied away from making an outright prediction, Daniels said that he is not ruling out an early end in his charge’s favour.
Hardly anyone knows Anson Green, a young debutant scheduled to match gloves with another debutant, David Thomas in a 4 rounds welterweight scrap. With no one in his division to engage in sparring sessions, Green opted for several rounds with Edmond Declou.
The latter fighter certainly did not spare him and really give him a baptism of fire. Punches reigned supreme as Declou pushed the young debutant to the hilt. To his credit Green withstood the punishment like a man and retaliated with crunching blows of his own.
Meanwhile, Green’s opponent, David Thomas had already wrapped up sessions so we were unable to assess his conditioning and skill. One thing is certain though; he will have to dig very deep to pull off this one. An interesting bout looms.
The Kwesi Jones/Shawn Corbin bout is still in limbo and up to the time of writing this article the organizers were trying feverishly to make the fight possible or find a suitable replacement.
In the meantime, Jones is working ardently at the ALBG in the hope that the bout will come off.
Fans will also be entertained with several other bouts including the Iwan Azore/Jermaine King 4 rounds jnr/welterweight shindig as well as then usual 4 amateur bouts.
The ProAm cards commenced some two years ago and so far several pugilists in Guyana and around the Caribbean have benefitted immensely, winning local and Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) titles. Several of these boxers are currently in stiff training for in anticipation of the WBC 50th anniversary championship that will see fighters from the various confederations battling for prestigious titles and lucrative purses.
The current Friday Night Fights is organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) and the National Communication Network (NCN). Admission price remains at $1000 with children being asked to pay half that amount. Bell time is 20:00hrs.
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