The Kenya Open Boxing Championships enter the semi-finals stage today at Nairobi’s Charter Hall.
Among the highlights is the light-welterweight encounter between Africa Championships light-welterweight bronze medallist Aloice Ochieng of Police vs Nakuru’s big hitting Caleb Wandera and Africa Championships bronze medallist Abednego Kyalo of KDF vs Nairobi’s Emmanuel Chondo.
Ochieng displayed a scrappy show against KDF’s Pius Macharia but squeezed a points win to sail to the semis while Wandera stopped Laikipia’s Clinton Mutua in the first round. Wandera’s digging left body punch sent Mutua down on his pants in the first round. As he pulled himself up to an eight count the referee waved it off.
Kyalo outpointed Prisons’ Moses Kilavuka and Chondo beat Kibra’s Mohammed Hussein in a bout marred by constant holding.
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The light-welterweight bout between Prisons’ Anthony Maina and KDF’s Joseph Gatambo was the best of them all mainly for the technical finesse displayed by the two boxers.
“I’ve loved this bout, unlike others which we have to keep on intervening to separate boxers from holding, this one was clean,” said one of the R&J’s watching from the ringside.
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Maina started by attacking Gatambo’s body scoring well timed shots to tire his opponent and eventually won by a unanimous decision.
