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Bakari and Okoth box their way into games’ quarters

Boxer Shaffi Bakari in the team’s training session at Kasarani. [File]

National flyweight champion Shaffi Hassan Bakari won his fight to join six other Kenyan boxers who have qualified for quarterfinals in the ongoing African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

It was not easy for Bakari, who was stretched to the limits before securing a 3-2 victory over the fancied Mortaji Said of Mauritius.

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