The Tribune

BACK from a highly successful four-day training camp last week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Strikers Boxing Club’s seven elite boxers and two coaches are off again.

This time to Havana, Cuba, for their second training camp of the year today at the Academia Cubana de Boxeo (National Boxing Academy of Cuba) for a week.

“Our boxers had a chance to spar with amateur boxers at different boxing clubs in Fort Lauderdale last week. There is very little opportunity for our boxers to spar here at home so it’s extremely important for us to take our boxers away in order to get the much needed exposure and experience,” said Strikers head coach Ronn Rodgers. 

He thanked Island Game and J.E.M Holdings Limited for their continued support with their international training camp programme for their elite fighters.

“Our focus for the boxers continue to be the development of their overall boxing skills to be successful in the professional field, which is their ultimate goal,” Rodgers said.

“Through attending numerous Latin American and Caribbean tournaments last year, the Cuban training camp came highly recommended by several different coaches throughout the CAC nations so we are going to test this one out to see how we can benefit from the Cuban programme.”

These training camps are being used as a tune-up and prep work for the upcoming Independence Cup in the Dominican Republic and Heroes Boxing Tournament in Charleston, West Virginia, February 18-23, where they can continue to be exposed to and be seen by the top boxing promoters in the US.

Strikers Boxing Club is located in the Golden Gates Shopping Centre and is looking for partners and sponsors to help them with the cost of travelling. Interested parties are encouraged to contact their manager Arlene Rodgers at 357-5533.