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BOOM BOOM EFFECT! Kenya’s Okwiri defeats Colombian Fidel by knock out in second round in the US

Kenya's Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri (right) in action against Columbia's Fidel Munoz in their bout on Saturday. [Courtesy, Nenez Media Services]

Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri knocked out Columbia's Fidel Munoz in the second of a scheduled eight-round non-title middleweight fight in Portland Maine in the United States on Saturday night.

The Kenyan 2016 Olympics quarter-finalist was on top of the game and showed no signs of rustiness having last fought on December 14, 2019 in Nairobi when he successfully defended his Africa Boxing Union middleweight title against Augustine Matata from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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