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Jul 12, 2015 Sports
Head of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, who is also an Executive of World Governing Body AIBA, is on his way back from that organisation’s Congress held in Dubai during last week.
Nivalle informed via telephone that Guyana and Venezuela associations have agreed to cooperate in the field of boxing this year to the mutual benefit of the two countries. Frank Lopez, the Venezuela Boxing Association President, and Ninvalle agreed to have at least two Guyanese boxers train in the neighbouring country during this year. The time is to be finalized.
Lopez committed to having boxers from his country participate in GBA’s scheduled international programme in November. He also expressed the desire to explore other areas of cooperation between the neighbours. These discussions will be followed up by formally documented requests to put things in motion. Ninvalle disclosed that this agreement with Venezuela is as a result of initial discussions held in South Korea last November at the AIBA AGM where and when he was elected to the AIBA executive.
Ninvalle expressed the desire to have partnerships with any Caribbean or Latin American country once it will aid the development of the sport here.
Meanwhile, AIBA will be offering scholarships to lesser developed countries of which Guyana and the Caribbean falls under, the area Ninvalle represented. Boxers from the region will get the opportunity to train and study at the AIBA Academy in Kazakhstan. The scholarship on offer will be for one year and Ninvalle feels this will give local and regional boxers a fighting chance on the world stage. The GBA head noted that that academy boasts the best trainers and facilities in the world.
At the Congress, Ninvalle received his AIBA tie, which is officially worn by executive members, from the president of the organization Dr Ching-Kuo Wu.
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