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Okwiri stops Nader as APB welterweights is offered a night of surprises in Baku

Kenya's Rayton Okwiri (left) and Marcos Nader of Australia before their welterweight bout of the week one of the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Pre-Ranking Phase in the Sarhadchi Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. [PHOTO:AIBA]

All Africa Games bronze medallist Rayton Okwiri knocked out Australian top seed Marcos Nader in the Aiba Pro Boxing (APB) series in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday.

The Kenya Prisons boxer dominated the welterweight (69kg) category of the Pre-Ranking Phase of the series that is also providing avenue for the 2016 Rio Olympics qualification. With the feat, Okwiri earned Sh2 million.

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