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Boxing: Kenyan training in Las Vegas ahead of WBC title fight against Zambia’s Phiri next month in Nairobi

BOXING Zarika Fatuma fight Flora Machela from Tanzania during the boxing event dubbed "Bigger than life" at Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi,Kenya on February 18, 2017. Fatuma won on a TKO. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

Fatuma is Kenya’s most talked about female professional boxer after the exit of Conjestina Achieng.

Standing at only 1.63m (five feet, four inches), Zarika Njeri Kangethe, famously known as Fatuma Zarika after converting to Islam, packs a punch that has seen her make a mark in the international female boxing arena.

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