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Kenya boxing soaks up technical knock-out

Nick Okoth (R) of Kenya Defence Forces trade punches with Kennedy Onyango of Ken Track in their 60kg lightweight bout at Kaloleni Social hall in Nairobi on July 02, 2015, during the All Africa Games team trials.[Stafford Ondego, pic-centre.com]

A crashing punch to the chin sends Frenchman Laurent Boudouani sprawling to the canvas, and it was over.

That was a knockout win for Kenya’s Robert Wangila at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. 

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