A 20-year-old nephew of former heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick and another man have been charged with beating him to death and leaving his body in a Jamaican church courtyard.

A 20-year-old nephew of former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick and another man have been charged with beating him to death, police said today.

Jamaica reported a record 1,135 murders this year, fuelled by drug trafficking and gang violence, police say.