Manswell moves on in regional boxing

NASSAU: Barbadian Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Junior Greenidge suffered a controversial disqualification loss at the 2003 Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) Championship on Tuesday night.

Greenidge was engaged in a tense junior middleweight battle with the talented Bahamian Jermaine MacKey, when the referee stopped the contest in the third round, ruling that Greenidge had struck the local star with low blows. The 22-year-old Greenidge was furious over the ruling, but another Commonwealth medallist, Trinidadian Kerston Manswell, enjoyed a winning appearance at the Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium.

Greenidge, a five-time Caribbean champion, who won bronze at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador last December, dominated the early part of the contest. He forced MacKey into two standing eight counts, but the Bahamian rallied well and was making the contest competitive when the referee disqualified Greenidge for throwing low blows. Manswell, who won silver at the Commonwealth and CAC Games, overcame a spirited challenge from Bahamian Jerry Butler in the super heavyweight division.