Dominican Boxer, Charles Leatham, knocked out his opponent in a record four seconds while the island secured four gold medals at a Boxing tournament in Martinique.
The Boxing Tournament for Creole Speaking Countries ran from July 2 to July 4 in Lamentin.
Boxers from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Haiti, St. Lucia and Dominica competed in the event.
Leatham, a welter weight at 69 kg, impressed everyone with his record knock out (see video below) and he also grabbed a silver medal at the tournament.
Dominica also captures two silver medals and three bronze.
The full medal count for the Dominican team is as follows:
-Samond David (80kg light heavyweight) “Gold”
-Esaias Burnette (69kg welterweight) “Gold”
-Jamesy Greenaway (64kg light welter) “Gold”
-Simon Joseph (6kg bantan weight) “Gold”
-Rowain Christopher (75kg middle weight) “Silver”
-Charles Leatham (69kg welter weight) “Silver”
-Mitchel Bertrand (69 welterweight) “Bronze”
-Joachim Isaac (90kg super heavyweight) “Bronze”
-Ghandi Matthew (75kg middle weight) “Bronze”
The team was coached by Job Joseph and Robert Valmond.
Photos and video (of Leatham’s knockout) below.
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Excellent job guys….. 4 second knock out….if you don’t ready to compete….you will get knock the @#$! out
I hope the Dominica Olympic Committee now respect these boxers and invest in the sport. Congrats to the guys and especially Coach Joseph who has a passion for boxing and will always continue to promote the sport.
well done!
Think our fig n dasheen joking .We strong like a LION
BEAST MODE!! Yessssssssssss. Im so proud of Leatham and Jamesy! :D
News so i like to read. I’m proud. Really proud. Let’s cherish our young men. not the maggiee group they call west indies cricket and never make us proud.
thats it deebox do your thing
Well done Team – Keep on pursuing your dreams. Train hard, work hard and be consistent with your training.
Well done guys.
feeble opponent. congratulation to you.