Pan American Boxing Confederation President to Visit Jamaica

The newly elected board of the PanAmerica Boxing Confederation. L-r: Stephen Jones – Jamaica (board director), Marcos Britos – Brazil (director), Ryan O’Shea – Canada (1st vice-president), Elise Seignolle – USA (president), Tomas Cianca – Panama, Amabelis Camaño – Panama (treasurer), Dhany Reyes (Honduras). Kathy Harper-Hall (not pictured) from Barbados was also voted as a director.

President of the Pan American Boxing Confederation, Elise Seignolle, will begin an official visit to the island starting on Friday.

Her five-day visit will conclude on April 29.

President Seignolle will have the opportunity to see the quality of Jamaica’s boxing on display during the ‘Gloves Over Guns’ Futures Programme Saturday night at the Stanley Couch Gym during its end of month show which will feature boxers from the Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.

President of the Jamaica Boxing Association, Stephen Bomber Jones, says Seignolle’s visit can only benefit the sport locally.

Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones.