By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE 24th annual L Garth Wright Golden Gloves boxing tournament featured several dynamic bouts on its five-fight card last weekend.

One of the longest running events on the Champion Amatuer Boxing Club schedule, the Wulff Road Boxing Club saw major wins from junior amateur fighters.

Four exhibition matches were on the card, including bouts between Kardo Glinton and LeVardo Cornish, Ramsey Etienne and Pachino Sherman, Che Guevara and Lennox Boyce, Kyle Moxey and Lavardo Cornish.

The match between Glinton and Cornish won best fight of the night, Moxey was named the most improved boxer, Glinton was named the most outstanding boxer while Sherman won the honourary Golden Gloves trophy.

CABC executive director Ray Minus Jr said many of the young boxers showcased will become household names in the near future.

“We are very dedicated to the programme of boxing, we have developed many great Bahamian boxers but this is a new generation,” Minus Jr said.

“They will have the opportunity to represent the country on the world stage and we want people to get to know them right now as they prepare for the 2020 Olympics.”

He said he expects the trend of the tournament’s success to continue for future editions of the Golden Gloves.

“L Garth Wright was a great promoter and someone so very important to the Bahamian boxing game,” Minus Jr said. “Always a straight forward person and because doing business with him was always a pleasure we decided to name the tournament after him and we have continued this for more than two decades.”

Event sponsors included the D’Albenas Agency, Commonwealth Bank, Wallace Whitfield & Co, Nirvana Beach, the Bahamas Vision Centre, Ron’s Electric, Wally’s Party Time Furniture Etc and JBR Building Supplies.

The club’s attention now shifts to the 23rd Ray Minus Sr Boxing Day End of year Amateur Boxing Tournament slated for Saturday, December 30.