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Fate of two local semi-pro boxers hangs in balance

Kenya's Rayton Nduku Okwiri (R) celebrates winning against Russia's Andrei Zamkovoi (L) during the Men's Welter (69kg) boxing match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Riocentro - Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO /

A week after welterweight Rayton Okwiri of Kenya Prisons turned fully professional, the fate of two Amateur Professional Boxing (APB) boxers hangs in the balance after the world boxing governing body, AIBA, abolished APB Championships.

The two boxers in bantamweight Benson Gicharu of Kenya Police and Nickson Abaka of Kenya Defence Forces are torn in either following Okwiri’s path or hang their gloves.

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