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NAIROBI, Kenya, June 21 – Three more Kenyan boxers advanced to different stages of the ongoing African Boxing Championships that started on Monday in Congo Brazaville.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaffi Bakari beat Joshua Kizza of Uganda on points in the Light Fly weight category while in the Lightweight, Corporal Nick Okoth of the Kenya Defence Forces beat Mtshita Mandula from Ivory Coast on points to sail through to the last eight.<\/p>\n

John Kyalo floored Anouar Koukou of Sudan through RSC in Round 2.<\/p>\n

However, Simon Mulinge lost by points split decision to Loic Ngumbi of host nation Congo in the Flyweight contest.<\/p>\n

Female boxer Elizabeth Akinyi will contest for the bronze medal after she lost to Clotilde Essiane of Cameroon on points, unanimous decision in the middleweight bout.<\/p>\n

-Wednesday Draw-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victor Otieno V Cedrick Mahatonga (Madagascar) – Light Welter Preliminaries<\/p>\n

Christine Ongare\u00a0 V Roumaysa Boualam ( Algeria) – Women’s Fly Semifinals<\/p>\n

Martin Oduor\u00a0\u00a0 V\u00a0\u00a0 George Molwantwa (Botswana) – Bantam weight preliminaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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