Kenyan Atieno, Akinyi, Macharia secure finals slots at African Boxing Championships in Nairobi

Three boxers- Grace Atieno, Elizabeth Akinyi and Clinton Macharia- have qualified to compete in the finals of the ongoing African Boxing Championships being held at the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi, Kenya.

Competing in the 46kg-48kg minimum weight, Atieno edged out Uganda’s Wakawoza Rasjida that forced the referee to end the match prematurely.

Akinyi defeated Tanzanian Hidaya Zahoro to book for the final in the 75kg-80km title battle.

Heavyweight Macharia was too good against Uganda’s Tabule Emmanuel winning 3-2 in the super heavyweight bout.

On the flipside, Kenyan Amina Martha lost to Nigeria’s Ajishola Khadijat in the women’s 51-54kg bantamweight semifinals while Emmanuel Odhiambo lost to Uganda’s Samuel Msubuga in the men’s 50-55kg category.

Veronica Mbithe will face Uganda’s Muuwa Brenda in the flyweight division, while Rosemarion Atieno takes on Egypt’s Mohammed Rahma in the lightweight category

In the men’s competition, Kelvin Maina will meet Equatorial Guinea’s Israel Mbagga, while team captain Boniface Mugunde faces Algeria’s Youchef Islam.

Edwin Okongo is set to battle Egypt’s Alawady Omar, Steve Onyango takes on Seychelles’ Jade Micock, and heavyweight Peter Abuti faces Egypt’s Mohammed Hussein.

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