Into the ring
Article by April 26, 2021
Newly elected Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) president Dr Melissa Branford-Jones has acknowledged that the sport needs revival and said the new executive will pull together as many resources as possible to get the job done.
Branford-Jones was voted in as the seventh president of the BBA and the second woman to hold that position with 34 votes. Former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and Caribbean champion Junior Greenidge accounted for 24 votes while Guyanese businessman Gardel Roberts tallied two votes.
Shortly after securing victory yesterday afternoon at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Branford-Jones said to rebrand boxing the BBA will look at areas such as strengthening its membership and educating the public more about boxing.
Members of the Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) have placed their confidence in Dr Melissa Branford-Jones to run the affairs of boxing in this country.
The newly elected Branford-Jones became the seventh president of the BBA with 34 votes when the annual general meeting and elections were held Sunday afternoon at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium.
Branford-Jones is the second woman ever to hold the position and also the second doctor.
What was initially a five-person race was reduced to just three candidates after past president Joyce Bowen withdrew her bid for the top position along with new member Alonzo Welton.
That left the door open for former national volleyball player Branford-Jones to be elected in what was deemed as one of the most exciting elections in the BBA’s history.
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Retired pugilists want more boxing revival
Article by April 24, 2021
Boxing in this Barbados needs a lot more action and less talk, says former Barbados and world-rated Tyrone Downes and former national middleweight champion Curtis Miller.
As the Barbados Boxing Association prepares to hold its annual general meeting this Sunday, Downes, and Miller strongly believe that serious executive changes are needed.
The duo who trained together back in the 1970s and became prominent names locally, regionally, and internationally, said they were not satisfied with how boxing was being governed on the island.
“People have been at the top and they are doing nothing. Change has been needed ever since.
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