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Nick Okoth and Kennedy Onyango during the All Africa Games boxing elimination tourney at Kaloleni in Nairobi [COURTESY]
2015 African Boxing Championships gold medalist Nick Okoth is the first Kenyan boxer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games set for July 24-August 9.
Okoth achieved the feat after beating Uganda’s Isaac Masembe on unanimous points’ decision in the featherweight (54-57kg) semi-final bout at the African Olympic qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal on Wednesday night.
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