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Zarika confident as she prepares for title fight

Zarika Fatuma fight Flora Machela from Tanzania during the boxing event dubbed "Bigger than life" at Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi,Kenya on February 18, 2017. Fatuma won on a TKO. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

World Boxing Council super-bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika will defend her title against Puerto Rican  Yamileth Mercado at Kenyatta International Convention Centre on September 8.

Zarika who has been training for the fight under British coaches in the United Kingdom for the past three weeks is confident of retaining her title.

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