`Sixhead' Lewis, Braithwaite among listed national champs
Stabroek News
March 11, 2002

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World champion Andrew `Sixhead' Lewis is among four champions listed by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control which has four titles vacant in new ratings released last week.

Lewis, the World Boxing Association champion is the national welterweight champion and has three contenders in Denny Dalton, Troy Hill and Troy Lewis at number one, two and three respectively.

World Boxing Council number one ranked cruiserweight Wayne `Big Truck' Braithwaite, who is due to fight for the world title this year, is the national light heavyweight champion and he has one rated challenger in Melroy Corbin.

The junior welterweight champion is Hugo Lewis while Earl Deane is ranked number one and Vincent Howard number two. Lewis has mandatory defence until June 30.

There are four ranked challengers for Richard Howard's lightweight title in Earl Deane Leon Bancroft, Joseph Murray and Wayne Briggs. The champion will have to defend his title. The featherweight division is also without a champion with Linden Arthur, Nigel Boston, Leon Dover and Adrian Qualis as the contenders from numbers one to four in that order.

The other vacant title is in the bantamweight division in which Leon Moore is the number one ranked challenger with Mark Dummett at number two and Colin August, Orland Rogers and Hewley Robertson at three, four and five.