HIT SQUAD OF KENYA BOXING AIM FOR GLORY IN RUSSIA
As they prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the national boxing team, Hit Squad’, will take part in the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Boxers’ Cup International, in Russia, from May 10-18.
As they prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the national boxing team, Hit Squad’, will take part in the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Boxers’ Cup International, in Russia, from May 10-18.
Members of the Kenya national boxing team ‘Hit Squad’, have expressed fear that the prolonged ban on sporting activities might compromise their chances of strutting to the medal podium at the Tokyo Olympics in July and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year. Head coach Benjamin Musa is getting increasingly scared about the elusive…
Team Lagos yesterday progressed to three finals of the boxing event out of four semifinals bouts at the ongoing Edo 2020 National Sports Festival. The contests were held at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre Benin, Edo State. Fighting in the 69kg, Lagos’ Oraekwe Blessing defeated Team Imo’s Oben Blessing via knock out to move…
The National Kenya Boxing Team has lined up two more international championships in Netherlands and Philippines after a week in the Democratic Republic of Congo where they took part in Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships in Kinshasa.
Kenya’s boxing team ‘Hit Squad’ made a strong start to the Africa Zone Three boxing championship being held in Congo with team captain ‘Commander’ Nick Okoth leading by example by winning his featherweight contest against compatriot Martin Oduor on points in the 57kg category.
The Kenya national boxing team coach Musa Benjamin has said they aim to win the Zone 3 title when the tournament gets underway on Saturday in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Boxing, considered as a ‘savage’ sport and banned since the 1970s by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is making a comeback in the country. A camp for the Libyan Boxing Team is being held in Tunisia for a period of three weeks, in preparation for Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships in Kinshasa on March…
Ahead of the Olympic games slated for Tokyo, Japan from July-August this year, Kenya’s Chef de Mission for the global sporting extravaganza Waithaka Kioni, has disclosed that a total of 88 athletes have so far qualified for the competition with the rest seeking to secure remaining slots during the upcoming qualifiers for boxing, canoeing, table…
The boxing pair of Trade Nkomozabo and Tadious Dzandiwandira have stormed into the semi-finals of the Africa Boxing Olympic qualifiers underway in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
A Board member of the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), Azanian Omo- Agege, has said the country’s boxers have what it takes to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games despite the cancellation of the final boxing qualifier by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) expected to have taken place in Paris.