{"id":13012,"date":"2023-10-06T18:24:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13012"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:24:31","slug":"guyana-defence-force-secures-national-novice-boxing-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-defence-force-secures-national-novice-boxing-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Defence Force Secures National Novice Boxing Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has successfully defended its national novice boxing title after a series of intense bouts in the Guyana Boxing Association\u2019s Andrew \u201cSix Head\u201d Lewis Championships at the National Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the guidance of national coach Terrence Poole, the GDF Gym demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the championships and was recognized as the &#8220;Best Gym&#8221; at the conclusion of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final night of the championship featured 11 highly competitive bouts, showcasing the skill and determination of boxers from gyms representing the Republican, GDF, and the police force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the flyweight category, Andre Thompson from the Republican gym secured a victory over Daniel Garnett of the GDF after a points decision determined the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julian Clark of the Guyana Police Force emerged victorious in the bantamweight division, defeating joint-service competitor Joshua Thomas from the GDF. Clark&#8217;s outstanding performance earned him the title of the tournament&#8217;s best pugilist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melroy McPherson of the GDF demonstrated his prowess in the featherweight category by defeating Neville France from the Republican Gym. The referee stopped the bout after just two and a half seconds in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zidhan Wray, also from the GDF, displayed remarkable strength in the super heavyweight clash, prompting the referee to end the fight 54 seconds into round two, securing Wray&#8217;s victory over teammate Rayon Harry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hullman Bovell of the Guyana Police Force also achieved an impressive victory with a first-round stoppage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening witnessed additional victories by Sherwin Gravesande (GDF), Timothy Fraser (Republican Gym), Christopher Henry (GDF), Elliot Sinclair (GDF), Joseph Gardener (GDF), and Oswald Jewan (GDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Defence Force&#8217;s exceptional performance ensured their retention of the national novice boxing title in the esteemed &#8220;Six Head&#8221; Lewis Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has successfully defended its national novice boxing title after a series of intense bouts in the Guyana Boxing Association\u2019s Andrew \u201cSix Head\u201d Lewis Championships at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13014,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13012\/revisions\/13014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}