Boxers Johnny De Peiza, Yolande Pompey,  Matt Donavan, Fitzroy Guisseppi and Giselle Salandy are among those who will be honoured as the Amateur Boxing Association celebrates the nation’s 50th anniversary of Independence by recognising the past and present administrators, sponsors and boxers of south T&T on Friday. As part of the occasion, an amateur card will staged. The event will be held on the Harris Promenade at 3 pm. T&T Boxing Board of Control (T&TBBC) President, Annabelle Davis, said that the T&TBBC is pleased to be part of the occasion. “We feel we have turned a page and successfully ‘re-imaged’ boxing. We hope to actively turn that new page by bringing on and promoting our new community programmes in September,” said Davis. Special advisor to the Board, Boxu Potts, pledged an-eight man team to the 2016 Olympics. Potts stated that plans are already being implemented for amateur boxers. “We are putting together a nutritional plan, a training plan, an academic plan that will assist and sustain our up-coming Olympic team to the World Games and the Brazil 2016 Olympics, and we will qualify with four male and four female fighters.”
Potts also commented on former Olympic athlete Carlos Suarez’s description of him as one of the worst boxing people he has have dealt with in boxing: “I understand that Mr Suarez is going pro. I want to wish him well. I want to give him a bit of advice, if you want to be a professional boxer, you start at six rounds and end at 12, so you have to train your self mentally physically and technically. “If he wants to stay as an amateur, however, he is stuck with us. He is stuck with T&T for the next two years. We are forgiving people and we would welcome him back. We would advise and assist him to go forward. He is one of us. Sometimes children behave naughty, and we spank them and the rebel Suarez is one of our children who has been naughty.”
Awardees
Promoters
Edwin Peters
Daniel Ramoutarsingh
Jap King Fook
Arthur Sanderson
Victor Sammy
Businessmen
William Sutherland
Hansley Stephan
Rishi Siewdass
Administrators
Jack Ramoutarsingh
Fareed Amin
Yvette Rousseau
Mario Robinson
Herbert Bhagwansingh
Fitzroy Richards
Deopersad Ramoutar
Harold Seepersad
Clifton De Couteau
Nizam Muradali
Bertrand Assing
Chandradesh Sharma
Telphus Josheph
Promoter
Evon Joseph
Dr Vivian Dominque
Frank Austin
Francis Bertrand
Clyde Bertrand
Cecil Ford
Marielle Peters
Coaches
Burton Forde
Edward Rousseau
Cap Wilson
Felix Jones
Businessmen
Mervyn Edwards
Mike Jarvis
Anthony Waterman
Winston Cox
Boxers
Johnny De Peiza
Aloyfus Marcano
Roy Harry
Ashton Antoine
Yolande Pompey
Matt Donavan
Fitzroy Guisseppi
Giselle Salandy
Wendell Joseph
Joseph Charles
Christopher Hospedales
Source: www.guardian.co.tt