Sakima Mullings

Kemahl Russell

Leroy Brown, STAR Writer

Wray and Nephew welterweight Contender 2014 champion, Sakima Mullings, and promising super middleweight Kemahl Russell, scored impressive victories in Guyana last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown.

Mullings won by technical knockout, when his opponent, Guyanese Dereck Richmond, could not answer the bell for the third round because of an injury to his nose that caused profuse bleeding, while Russell won by unanimous decision, over Winston Pompey, who is also from Guyana.

The Mullings versus Richmond encounter was the main bout on the card, and Mullings dominated the fight from the opening bell. He was methodical, and scored decisively with hooks to the body and head after laying the groundwork with his jabs.

He won the first round with an all-round attack that saw him scoring freely, while his opponent found him to be a very elusive target. He stepped up the pressure in the second round and had Richmond on the defensive all the way. Near the end of the round, he landed a left-right combination to the head that hurt his opponent, and left him with a bloody nose.

During the one minute interval, Richmond was examined by medical personnel, to see the extent of his injury and they ruled that he was not able to continue, thereby giving victory to Mullings by technical knockout, and moving his record to 17-1.

The Russell versus Pompey encounter was action-packed throughout, and was voted the fight of the night.