KENYA’S RAYTON OKIWIRI ADVANCES IN AFRICA QUALIFIERS
Kenya’s Rayton Okwiri moved another step closer to competing in this year’s Tokyo Olympics, advancing to the middleweight quarterfinals of the Africa Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal.
Kenya’s Rayton Okwiri moved another step closer to competing in this year’s Tokyo Olympics, advancing to the middleweight quarterfinals of the Africa Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal.
Boxing coach Samuel Nwamuda has decried the lack of financial support for coaches by the Boxing Federation of Nigeria (BFN).
Mr. Ben Nunoo Mensah, the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), has called on the national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers to secure a place at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Africa Boxing Union middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri has been stripped of the belt after his inclusion on the Kenya national boxing team that heads to the African Olympic qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, next week.
Three Ghanaian amateur boxers have been seeded for an international competition.
African Games bronze middleweight medalist George Cosby of Kenya Police (pictured) and Victor Odhiambo of Kenya Defence Forces were dropped from the national team headed to Dakar, Senegal for the African Olympic qualifiers.
The final Kenya men’s and women’s boxing teams for the Africa qualifiers in Senegal for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be named on Friday in Nanyuki.
Ten amateur boxers comprised of eight males and two females will represent Ghana at the 2020 Olympic Games African Qualifiers which takes place in Dakar, Senegal, from February 20-29.
The Minister of State for Sports, Hamson Obua, has rallied the national team boxers preparing for the African Olympic Qualifiers to aim for nothing short of gold and to remain focused during training.
Kenya national boxing team coach Benjamin Musa has affirmed he will drop six more boxers from the squad he has taken to Nanyuki for high altitude training camp, ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers.