Belizean tops Mexican in boxing

Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re boxed into this special delivery of Sports Monday. Ma Cour Productions has been doing a lot of work in sports of late and this weekend they made their debut into boxing promotion and it certainly went well.

So we go to the Belize Pickwick Club and the man in the middle is Ma Cour Productions President David Fonseca whose many hats includes Mayor of this big bad city. We applaud his many efforts in sports, while Mr. Fonseca exhorts the fighters to do their best.

Doing his best to get some respect is ninety-five pound O’Shane Matura, who tells Simon Lino, bring it on, but can you weather the response? Lino gets the worse of the mix as referee Ordonez raises Matura’s hand in victory.

Fight two and finds and even match up between Leo Smart and Jason Chavarria at around one hundred twenty-nine pounds. And it might have been this work in the second round that gives Chavarria the W.

Now here’s the first of four Mexican fighters on the ticket. Raymundo Campos weighs in at one hundred and thirty-two pounds, two pounds less than fifteen year old Max Williams, but he seems to carry the heavier punch, as you can see.

Williams did have his moments in the fight, but chalk up the eleventh victory for Mexican Campos.

So at one hundred and eighteen pounds Steve McFoy with nine amateur fight under his belt comes out in defence of Belize and we can say he comes out smoking. And yes, we’ll have to agree with the judges, Steve McKoy was simply too much for his opponent.

Meanwhile, folks, it’s two Belizean fighters in this bout. At one hundred and forty-five pounds on your left in Alistair Barrow making his debut against Sherman Galvez and Barrow does look like a rookie. Galvez would go on to post a comfortable margin on his way to the third round unanimous decision.

But it’s back to the Belize/Mexico standoff and here is Joseph Eagan sporting the national colours as he enters the ring to face Aldo Teco Hernandez, who comes in at one hundred and thirty pounds.

Don’t blink, this is the opening moment of the first round. Hope you didn’t miss it as Teco hits the canvas for the count. However, Joseph Eagan, this is not the way to react to a bout which offers inferior competition.

By the time he is brought back to the ring, referee Ordonez has declared the bout a technical draw. Joseph, please remember you’re destined to represent Belize this July at Great Britain’s Commonwealth Games, so take it easy and play by the rules.

So we come to the main event. AT one hundred forty pounds, Horace Cadle unleashes on the visiting fighter Luis Cowo. In the second round it’s more Horace Cadle, but this was not ruled a knockdown and we could see why from this vantagepoint. Of course Cowo is a whole lot tougher than he appeared in the earlier rounds and he would survive the Horace Cadle three-round unanimous victory.

In the meantime folks, we say kudos Ma Cour Productions.

In softball news, we head to Rogers Stadium for the final match in the Central American Champions Tournament as B.T.L. of Belize faces El Salvador. In this final game Belize is fighting for respect having lost the proceeding four outings against this team.

We pick up the action in the fifth with Belize down 4-1 facing the Salvadoran sensation Carmen Lizama, the pitcher. Hey when you can last that long, you’ve got my respect. But it’s the Belizean Kimberley Vaccaro who comes up big right here bringing in two huge runs.

The next batter Audrey Reyes slams this pitch to left field and we have a tied ballgame at 4 apiece just like that. This bad throw from the Salvadoran catcher allows Belize’s B.T.L. to break the tie and go 5-4.

In the sixth Keveen Hewlett gets tagged, but the throw from left field somehow beats the base runner, but is she out? Your guess is as good as mine. The umpire says yes, the visiting team says no. But nevertheless El Salvador does regain the lead by three runs.

In the bottom of the sixth B.T.L. explodes for eleven runs. Lisa Hutchinson blooper to left brings home one. Up steps Vacarro and one more run scores. Camille Whittaker, the short stop, then hits into this fielder’s choice, but the run from third does come in. And then Lydia Cacho comes up with this base clearing double. Belize would go up 14-8 and then hold the Salvadorans in top the seventh run-less to preserve the victory.

Superstar role model and pitcher Carmen Lizama of El Salvador emerged the MVP and deservingly so, while the only Belizean to grab an individual award was Martha Reese, for the most stolen bases.

Nevertheless, congratulations to the Softball Federation of Belize.

In track and field news, Belize won six gold, four silver and nine bronze medals at the Junior Central American Track and Field Championship, which concluded at Guatemala over the weekend. Big winners for Belize were Jaheed Smith–a perennial winner-this time he won gold in 100, 200 and 400 metres. Clarencia Jones took gold in the triple jump and pole vault, and K.D. Vaughan brought us gold from the long jump event. Hey children you are golden and we say congratulations to all the participants in the Central American Junior Track and Field Championship.

That’s our show for today, Jah over all, I’m James Adderley.