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Seignolle joins chorus of praise for ‘Gloves over Guns’
April 29, 2025
President of the Pan American Boxing Confederation, Elise Seignolle, had high praises for the 'Gloves Over Guns Futures' initiative held on Saturday night at the Stanley Couch Gym in Parade Gardens, Kingston.
In a fight card which included boxers from Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom, Seignolle, along with Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Christopher Samuda and Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA) president Stephen 'Bomber' Jones were all in attendance.
Seignolle praised the initiative as a important event for grassroots boxing in Jamaica.
"It is very important to have this because these types of initiatives are more than just boxing, it is life support. It exists here in Jamaica, it exists in Barbados and there are similar programmes in the United States as well."
The Pan Am president was left impressed with the boxing on display and explained the 'Gloves Over Guns' initiative can stand as an example for other boxing associations in the Caribbean to emulate.
"I think given the success that it has in Jamaica, it can used as an example for many other countries to show that boxing is not just a sport, but a vehicle for life," she said.
"I am actually very impressed by tonight's (Saturday) fight night. The level of the kids was pretty impressive. They were novices, some of them, and you wouldn't realise that."
She added, "They have a lot of poise, a lot of control, technically sound, and at the same time a lot of heart."
JAMAICANS WIN
Of the fights on display during the night, Jamaican boxers claimed four victories with the international boxers claiming three.
The fight card was divided into three categories, with athletes placed either in the junior, novice or elite bouts.
In the elite category, UK boxer Anthony Chaney just got the better of Jamaica's Joe-var Hunt of GC Foster College by decision in the lightweight division.
The second fight of the elite category was an all-Jamaican affair, as Christopher Pinnock of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) clashed with Tevoy Barrett of Suga Olympic Gym in the light heavyweight division. Pinnock proved too much to handle for Barrett as he won by TKO in the third round, with Barrett vomiting in the ring during their bout.
Sadeki Harris of GC Foster College and the Suga Olympic Gym duo of Taffarel Cayman and Kashieve Nelson scored Jamaica's other wins on the night.
Caymanian boxers Demar Robinson and Isaiah Hurlston rounded out the international winners on the fight card.
