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I box for my two girls - Zarika

Zarika Fatuma fights Flora Machela from Tanzania during a boxing event dubbed "Bigger than life" at Carnivore Restaurant. Photo:Stafford Ondego

She once put marriage on hold to focus on her boxing career. But now, the mother of two is throwing every punch with her family in mind.

And when it took Fatuma Zarika less than 60 seconds and a few punches to send Tanzanian boxer Flora Machela tumbling on the canvas, her message couldn’t have been clearer. “It’s all for my two girls.”

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