Source:www.guardian.co.tt
Five local amateur boxers, three men and two women, will be completing their preparations for the first Pan American Games qualifier in Venezuela from March 23-30 abroad. Light heavyweight Andrew Fermin, who in recent times has been the most successful local pugilist, along with Aaron Hassette and Christopher de Freitas, left last weekend for Cuba for a live-in camp. The trio was accompanied by coach Reynold Cox. Fermin is the local light-heavyweight champion. He was a silver medallist at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games last year in Puerto Rico. Females Chimere Taylor (middleweight) and Jamila Jones (lightweight) will be flying out early next week along with coach Anthony Waterman to Veneuela to participate in a one-week live-in camp to round off their preparations.
History will be created at the Pan American Games this year as it will be the first time female boxing will be held in weight categories flyweight (51 kgs), lightweight (60 kgs) and middleweight (75 kgs). Two other boxers, Aaron Prince (welterweight) and Michael Alexander (bantamweight) will continue their preparations at home under coaches Raynold Prince and Glenroy Anderson. T&T Amateur Boxing Association (TTABA) president, Cecil Forde, yesterday thanked chairman of the Sport Company of T&T (SPORT), Rhett Chee Ping, and his staff, for the assistance given to the national team in its preparations. He stated that there will be two more qualifiers, the next one at the end of April in Ecuador and the other at the end of May in a country to be announced.