{"id":19015,"date":"2024-04-22T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19015"},"modified":"2024-04-22T21:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:40:31","slug":"elton-dharry-claims-wba-super-flyweight-gold-title-with-dominant-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/elton-dharry-claims-wba-super-flyweight-gold-title-with-dominant-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton Dharry Claims WBA Super Flyweight Gold Title with Dominant Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a thrilling night of boxing at the Everest Cricket Club, Elton Dharry emerged victorious over his countryman Dexter Marques to capture the WBA Super Flyweight Gold Title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly anticipated fight night, touted as the biggest International Boxing Card in recent memory, drew a diverse crowd to witness the action-packed bouts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, all eyes were on the main event, where Elton Dharry faced off against Dexter &#8220;the kid&#8221; Marques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a solid first round from Marques, Dharry showcased his dominance in the ensuing rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referee Eon Jardine intervened in the third round of the scheduled 12-round fight, declaring Dharry the winner via TKO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dharry&#8217;s relentless assault saw him knock Marques down twice in the decisive round before the referee halted the bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this victory, Dharry now sets his sights on a shot at the WBA title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing his aspirations, Dharry stated, &#8220;Hopefully the WBA was looking at me closely tonight, and they will assess my performance and decide if I will fight the world champion next.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Marques vowed to regroup and improve his game. &#8220;Well, I will go and sit down with my team, decide to move up in weight, and I think I\u2019ll be stronger fighting at 118 or 122,&#8221; Marques asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a supporting bout, Olympian Keevin Allicock made a successful transition to the professional ranks with a TKO victory over Barbados&#8217;s Jusean Shepherd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The undercard also featured exciting matchups, including Laured &#8220;the Lion&#8221; Stewart&#8217;s technical TKO win over Imran &#8220;the Magic&#8221; Khan and Nataly Delgado&#8217;s unanimous decision victory in the women\u2019s WBA Federation super flyweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The night concluded with Dharry standing tall as the new WBA Super Flyweight Gold Title champion, signaling a new chapter in his boxing career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters In a thrilling night of boxing at the Everest Cricket Club, Elton Dharry emerged victorious over his countryman Dexter Marques to capture the WBA Super Flyweight Gold&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015","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=19015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19017,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015\/revisions\/19017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}