First leg of boxing league kicks off in Kisumu

Kenya's Benson Gicharu Njangiru (L) fights Guyana's Imran Khan (R) in their men's boxing Bantam (56kg), round of 32 bout at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on July 25, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC

As the first leg of the National Boxing League boxes off at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu tomorrow, players have been asked to take the matches seriously as they would be used to judge and analyse their performance ahead of the national team selection.

The selection trials will be held in July at a venue to be decided by the executive committee of the Boxing Association of Kenya next month.