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Boxing: Kenya focus on France Olympic qualifiers

Kenya's Nick Okoth after booking a slot to the Tokyo Olympics. [Courtesy]

Kenyan boxers have the last chance of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after just two of their pugilists made it at the African qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal.

After failing to bag numerous slots at the continental event, where Kenya finished fifth, the World Olympic qualifiers in Paris, France in July, give Kenyans a lifeline of some sort.

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