Female boxer Jessica McFarlane-Richards flies to Jamaica tomorrow to compete against their national team.

Jessica, who trains out of D. Dalmain Ebanks Boxing Gym, will join six other members from Cayman to take part in the tournament.

Also flying the flag for Cayman will be exciting novices, Diego and Raymond Rodriguez, hot prospect Tafari Ebanks, Thomas McField-Brown, Gino “Crusher” Brown and Dariel Ebanks.

Cayman coaches Donie Anglin and Norman “Stormin” Wilson will also make the trip to Kingston for the tournament which will be held outdoors.

For Jessica she faces a familiar foe in the shape of Felice Groves. The two have fought several times before and it was the Caymanian who came out on top last time they stepped into the ring.

Dariel will also meet an old advisory in Kingston. He fights Jonathon Hanson who was disqualified the last time the pair fought for using foul language towards to the referee.

The competition is the ideal preparation for the Olympic qualifiers in Rio de Janeiro in May.

 

But one regular face on these trips who won’t be making the journey is West Bay 21-year-old Kendall Ebanks.

Having recently fought in the Golden Gloves Tournament in Florida, where he picked up gold, Kendall has decided not to take part.

However he hopes to fight in the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican Republic, in February.

There are high hopes for the Cayman pugilists.

At the end of last year they picked up three gold and two silver medals at the Ronald Wilson Memorial Tournament, previously known as the Caribbean Championships, in Barbados.

And if more medals are on the horizon London could soon be calling Cayman for a place at this summer’s Olympic Games.