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Kenya finish second in Africa Championships

Stacy Ayoma (red) from Nairobi punches Everlyne Akinyi from Kisumu during finals of National Boxing competition at Ofafa Hall in Kisumu on November 23,2019. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Kenya put up a spirited fight to finish runners up as the curtains came down on the Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships at Studio Maman Angebi Hall in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday night.

It was sweet victory for the Kenyan boxers who earlier had complained of biased officiating and even threatened to pull out of the tournament but went ahead to improve on last year’s performance hosted at the same city.

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