NAKURU ABC PICK SIX BOXERS FOR KENYA OPEN TOURNEY
Nakuru Amateur Boxing Club, still crawling to regain its lost glory, has selected six boxers to slug it out in the Kenya Open Championships from April 16-19 in Nairobi.
The six include promising light-welterweight Caleb Wandera.
Announcing Nakuru’s team for the four-day tournament, the Secretary-General of Nakuru County Boxing Association, Musa Noor said they have selected some of the best boxers they have at the moment .
“The time for politics is over, let’s focus on the growth of our boxers in order to redeem our Nakuru team,” Noor told boxersworld.co.ke
“We agreed we should not rush most of our boxers to the Kenya Open until such a time we will be certain they are ripe for the task probably next year,” said Noor.
“With concerted efforts, I’m sure Nakuru will shine once again like they did in the past.”
Nakuru, once a flourishing club producing some of Kenya’s best boxers, is still crawling back to fame . At its peak, Nakuru produced great boxers such as two-time Olympic medallist Philip Waruinge, African champion John Nderu, Olympic bronze medallist Sammy Mbogwa, Isaiah Ikhoni, David “DK” Kamau and Peter “Dynamite” Odhiambo.
