This is the opinion of Seon Bristol, public relations consultant for Guyana's world-rated cruiserweight boxer Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite.

According to Bristol, who spoke with Chronicle Sport yesterday, the bigger the boxer's entourage at an event, the more recognition he gets.

"Let's face it, promoters are businessmen and want to be where the big crowds are. If one fighter arrives for his fight with a car load of followers and the other shows up with two chartered planes, the promoter is obviously going to look towards the man with the bigger following."

He said Guyanese are treated as nobodies and the time is now to put a stop to that.

Bristol made reference to Raul Frank who he said is virtually unknown even though he fought for a world title. He also pointed to Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis who fell out of favour with promoter Don King after losing his WBA welterweight title to Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga.

Bristol is of the opinion that if `Sixhead’ had a large entourage, King would not have dared to attack him like he did.

As a result Bristol has set out on a campaign to make the public aware of Braithwaite and his efforts to capture the WBC cruiserweight belt.

Braithwaite is scheduled to fight Italian Vincenzo Cantatori for the vacant title on September 21 in Rome, some eight months after the original date. The fight suffered some three postponements for various reasons with the first being because Cantatori was injured.

Bristol is however, not impressed with the procrastination, saying it will not put Braithwaite off his focus.

"It is normal procedure for us to receive documentation of the injury but we never received any. We believed they are squared because Wayne is a much better fighter and the general expectation for him to win is much greater than from Vincenzo."

Bristol said Braithwaite has been handling the postponements very well, except for the last one that came just a few days before he was scheduled to leave for Rome.

Said Bristol, "It was the most drastic. It was a big disappointment."

Bristol believes, however, that the delay is a good thing since he believes it made Braithwaite more focused and ready - both physically and mentally.

"Preparing for a fight over that kind of period can lead to a fighter being overtrained, but his trainers - Bizzy Boyce and Colin Morgan are doing a great job of maintaining that balance."

Braithwaite last fought in November 2001 when he recorded a third round knockout of Luis Aziles in a world title elimination bout. That makes this period the longest of inactivity for ‘Big Truck’ since he turned professional.

Bristol, who said he spoke with Braithwaite on Friday night, says Guyana can definitely look forward to a new world champion in September.