Boxing: Okoth makes Africa bouts final

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. Kennedy Onyango won on points.Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.pic-centre.com. (KENYA)

National lightweight champion Nick Okoth defeated Hamout Mohammed of Mauritius to sail through to the final of the African Boxing Championships in Congo Brazzaville on Saturday night.

Okoth is the only Kenyan boxer to make it to the final out of the 12 that travelled to Congo. Two other Kenyans bowed out in the semi-finals.

They are lightfly Shaffi Bakari and middleweight John Kyalo. Shaffi lost to Hammunyan Matias of Namibia, while Kyalo was beaten by Abdul Hossam Hussein of Egypt through a unanimous points decision. [Ben Ahenda]