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Recently elected president of the Barbados Boxing Association, Dr Melissa Branford-Jones, has prescribed COVID-19 vaccination to boxers as well as the wider sporting community to facilitate a safe and swift return to competition. Speaking to Sun Sport about a possible resumption of boxing competition, Branford-Jones pointed out that many boxers and other athletes of various disciplines had a negative attitude towards vaccination. In her view, this could stall a return …
April 30, 2021
Kathy Harper- Hall has refuted comments made by former national boxing champion Curtis Miller insinuating that she said professionals and amateurs should not compete against each other.
Secretary of the Barbados Boxing Association (BBA), Harper-Hall made it abundantly clear that the comment made by Miller was not true and that it was neither her belief nor that of the association.
During a recent interview with
Barbados TODAY just before the BBA election, Miller was quoted as saying: “They don’t want nobody to tell them anything. When we were talking about bringing some of the amateurs on to the professional card, you had Ms. Harper- Hall saying you should not have an amateur on a professional card. I don’t know if she thinks this is netball.”
Marshall’s jab
Article by April 30, 2021
Criticisms levelled at current Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) secretary Kathy Harper-Hall are unjustified, says long-standing BBA member Oliver Marshall. Leading up to and during the recent BBA annual general meeting and elections, Harper-Hall was heavily criticised for not wanting to step down at age 83.
However, Marshall in defence of Harper-Hall, pointed to the fact that despite her age, she gives her all towards the sport and he made it clear that he did not see a replacement at this point.
“I agree with the fact that she is old, the woman is 83. So, to say she is old is just repeating itself. But as far as her contribution to the association is concerned, I don’t see a replacement at this point,” Marshall said.
Irate Greenidge finished with boxing
Article by April 28, 2021
Former eight-time national champion Junior Greenidge wanted to be the man to revive boxing in Barbados but has now had a change of heart after failing in his bid to become the president of the Barbados Boxing Association (BBA).
Greenidge tallied 24 votes, ten short of his main rival and newly elected president Melissa Branford- Jones, when elections were held both virtually and face to face last Sunday at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex.
While venting his disappointment at the final results, Greenidge who has had a memorable career for Barbados at the local, regional and international level, said he wanted nothing more to do with boxing.