Lokhai aims for Greece Olympics

WITH the assurance from his opponent of a good fight, Caribbean flyweight champion Terrance Lokai went into a  four-round bout at the Central Indoor Sports Complex against Aaron Cumberbatch of  Phoenix Gym, expecting a challenge.

In the absence of his coach Rufus Edwards at the fight, Lokai said his training prior to the grudge match with the Princes Town pugilist prepared him sufficiently to deal with anything  that was thrown at him. Coupled with the supportive presence of Aldric Johnson, who also helped prepare him, Lokai went into the match up on Saturday tentative but confident. Round one in the bout revealed Cumberbatch’s new tactic of hitting and running and Lokai began to feel him out, eventually increasing  the pressure in the third and fourth rounds ending with a right uppercut, left hook and a straight right to end the match winning on a 3-0 decision. This was the fourth occasion that the two fighters met in the ring with Cumberbatch winning the first, but Lokai has won three straight since, and  his record now stands at 14 fights with nine victories.

Speaking after the fight Revival Boxing Gym’s most promising prospect said that there is no chance Cumberbatch will ever beat him again. He said since a suspension on his gym was lifted,  he has not been beaten and hopes that this run of form will lead to him being selected on the national boxing team for the 2004 Olympics in Greece.