‘WBC CABOFE Caribbean Champions’ on February 25

TIMES INT'L

– Five title fights on star-studded card

By Avenash Ramzan

Boxing buffs will be in for a treat this month end as five World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title fights will be staged at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on February 25.

Dubbed the ‘WBC CABOFE Caribbean Champions’, the card will headlined by former world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, against Shawn Cox of Barbados for the Heavyweight title.

Lindener Edmond De Clou will take on Kevin Placide of Trinidad and Tobago for the Middleweight belt, while the Bajan pair, Revlon Lake and Miguel Antoine, will clash for the Super Lightweight title.

Overseas-based Guyanese Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry will put his CABOFE Bantamweight title on the line against Selwyn Lett of Barbados, while local boys Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques and Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers will tussle for the Flyweight belt.

In the feature contest, the 37-year-old Braithwaite will return to Guyana for his first bout since July 1998 when he knocked out fellow countryman Wayne Harris in round seven of a 12-rounder to lift the national Heavyweight title.

The southpaw, who had an unbeaten record after 21 fights, has tasted victory in 24 of his 28 encounters, with 20 coming within the distance.

The six-footer now campaigns in the United States of America, and his last fight was in March 2010 when he knocked out Adam Harris of the USA in the opening round of an eight-round contest at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut.

Braithwaite’s four defeats have come against big names in boxing, including Jean-Marc Mormeck, Guillermo Jones, Enzo Maccarinelli, and Steve Cunningham.

His opponent, Cox, is also 37, but has tasted defeat only once in his 15-fight career.

Nicknamed ‘The Sniper’, Cox has enjoyed tremendous success against Guyanese boxers, defeating Winston Pompey, Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes twice, Anthony Augustin and Kurt Bess.

Fourteen (14) of his victories have come via knockout with only Gilkes and Salvatore Erittu, against whom he suffered his lone defeat, taking him the distance.

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