TT Prince denied middleweight crown

NASSAU: Bahamian Jermaine Mackey retained his Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) middleweight title by defeating Trinidad and Tobago’s Simeon Prince on Thursday night.

Mackey beat Prince on a third-round stoppage in the only senior final of the night at the Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium. In the Under-20 category, Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Cumberbatch, last year’s boxer of the tournament, suffered a disputed first round defeat, while Bradley Redman of Barbados, and Brandon Johnson of the Bahamas retained their titles. Mackey, who controversially won his big semi-final clash Tuesday night when his Barbadian opponent Junior Greenidge was disqualified for low blows, was one of five Bahamian gold medallists on the night.

Ivan Moxey was another big Bahamian winner, registering a first round win over Cumberbatch for the Under-20 light-flyweight gold. In a fierce opening to the bout, Moxey and Cumberbatch exchanged very good punches, but the Trinidadian’s hopes of retaining his title were dashed when the referee surprisingly gave him three standing eight-counts in the first round to end the lively contest. Johnson retained his Under-20 light-heavyweight crown when he beat Barbadian Anderson Emmanuel, while welterweight Darrol Dorset and middleweight Keishno Major copped Under-20 gold medals as well for The Bahamas with wins over Barbadian Dwayne Gollop and Martinique’s Ludovic Beaud, respectively. Redman repeated as flyweight champion when he beat Bahamian Baldwin Johnson on points.

In other Under-20 gold medals decided Thursday night, Martinique’s Michel Clem stopped Bahamian Jamal Bain in two rounds of the heavyweight final, while Kirt Blackwell and Andrew Fermin celebrated double gold medal success for Trinidad and Tobago. Blackwell beat Bahamian Shammaalye Lightbourne in the lightweight final, and Fermin outpointed the US Virgin Islands’ Wilfred Todman in the light-welterweight decider. In the novice division, St Lucia’s Patrick Wilson defeated Cesar German of Aruba for the middleweight title and the heavyweight gold went to St Maarten’s Neil Henderson over Sidney Oniel of Bermuda, while Bermuda snatched gold medals through light-heavyweight Trace Easton and super-heavyweight Shariffe Wells.  Easton beat St Maarten’s Lucien Blake and Wells outpointed Bahamian Gareth Scott.