Kenya Police dominate eventful Kenya Open Boxing Championships, legends recognized
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The event drew 105 male and 21 female boxers from 16 teams representing various counties and boxing clubs across the country
The National Open Boxing Championship concluded with Kenya Police Service winning the overall Men's title with 21 points, edging out fierce rivals KDF, who finished second with 16 points.
Kenya Police’s Chafua Chafua contested in eight men's weight categories, winning five and coming second in three, while KDF contested in six, winning four and finishing second in two.
Kenya Prisons Department closed out the podium places with 11 points in third, while hosts and National Intermediate champions Nairobi County settled for fourth with seven points to their name.
In the women’s category, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) redeemed themselves by edging out Siaya County by a point to win the overall women's title with seven points.
KDF contested four weight category titles, winning two and finishing second in two, while Siaya County went for two, winning both convincingly.
Kenya Police and Kibra Boxing Club were tied for third with three points each.
The championship, which ran four days instead of the traditional three due to high entries, was the third local event of the year organized by the Boxing Federation of Kenya.
It featured 105 male and 21 female boxers from 16 teams representing various counties and boxing clubs across the country.
Overall, there were 13 male and six female champions.
The biggest highlight on the final day on Saturday was Robert “One man Army” Okaka’s split decision victory over local rival Humphrey “Jakababa” Ochieng in a heavy-weight contest.
Veronica Mbithe put up a sparkling show to retain her Kenya Open light-flyweight title by outpointing Faith Nafuna, while there were routine wins for Hit Squad co-captain Boniface Mugunde, Ethan Maina, Vincent Aloice, and bantam-weight champion Shaffi Bakari.
There were also some stunning defeats, witnessed by those of experienced boxers including: Abednego Kyalo, Abubakar Karim, Ann Wanjiru, and Kombo Mwinyi.
In a rare sight in Kenyan boxing, BFK paid homage to Kenyan boxing legends, who were served to a luncheon before handing over IBA certificates to newly accredited 1 Star coaches, as well as 1 and 2 Stars Referees and Judges.
Among the legends in attendance included: Abdulraman “Kapsi” Ramadhan, George "Mosquito" Findo, Ibrahim "Surf" Bilali, Philip Mathenge, Peter "Dynamite" Odhiambo, Isaack Mbote (veteran Referee and Judge), Kenneth " Valdez" Ochieng, Daniel “Otty Tyson” Otieno, Patrick "Mont" Waweru, Steve “Desty” Muchoki, Mohammed “Body” Orungi, and Absolom Okinyi “Diblo” Okoth.
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