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Lennox Blackmoore Nat. Intermediate C/Ships GDF march to successful title defence
By Sean Devers
The curtains came down on the three-night Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate Boxing Championships on Sunday night with defending Champions Guyana Defense Force (GDF) mounting a successful defence of their Best Gym Title.
Best Elite Boxer Shermar Halley collects his trophy from the RHJ Coach.
The successful GDF team display their trophy and medals.
The runner-up gym accolade was shared between Forgotten Youths Foundation (FYF) and Rosehall Jammers of Corentyne, Berbice.
Mark Crawford was adjudged Best Youth Boxer while 18-year-old Shermar Halley copped the Best Elite Boxer Award, both FYF boxers. The crowd was one of smallest in recent times even at a time when there is a general lack of spectator interest for Amateur Boxing with the handful of those watching including several members of Guyana’s successful school boys’ team.
Lightweight Crawford began the last night with a victory over Jeffery Joseph of PRBG in the first final of the night dominated by bouts involving GDF fighters since they had the largest contingent of pugilists.
Halley showed some flaws in his technique but he is one to keep an eye on and has plenty of talent. He beat GDF’s Jeremiah Jackman in a contest that could have gone either way. The GDF fighter began aggressively and Halley, with the longer reach, was guilty of ducking into upper-cuts and not using his jabs enough.
Mark Crawford is presented with his Best Junior Boxer Trophy from Coach of the RHJ of Berbice.
He was hit a few times and although he counter punched the round was won by Jackman. However, the second round saw Halley going more to body but fought at close range which seemed to suit Jackman since Halley rarely got the range to execute powerful shots and was cautioned on a few occasions for not keeping his head up.
The final round saw the best of Halley who led with right jabs and followed up with some nice upper cuts to the mid-section and threw some good double japs to the head. Jackman and Halley traded punches but Halley did enough to win the round and the Lightweight fight.
In other results Quincy Abrams beat fellow GDF Gym mate Azeemul Lewis in their Intermediate Flyweight contest while the Jackman siblings (Abiola and Alisha) went at each other in an exhibition bout after Abiola’s opponent, Pauline Aaron from Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) was feeling unwell.
In the Welterweight final Cranston McAllister beat fellow GDF Orlando Grenville while in another all GDF bout Jermain Jones beat Lyndon Bennett in their Middleweight fight. Daren France beat Osbert Robinson in a Heavyweight fight, another all GDF affair.
In the Super Heavyweight match-up Kevin Hunte beat Andre Shepherd, another all GDF battle.
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