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Waweru tips Okoth for good show at Olympics

Nick Okoth and Kennedy Onyango during the All Africa Games boxing elimination tourney at Kaloleni in Nairobi on July 02, 2015 [Photo/Stafford Ondego]

Consistency in winning local and international championships makes 2015 Africa Boxing Championships lightweight gold medalist Nick Okoth a prospective medal prospect at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 1988 Olympian Patrick ‘Mont’ Waweru has said.

Waweru said the consistency in the National Boxing League and in different international championships across the globe is a key factor that makes Okoth reliable in ‘The Hit Squad’ that leaves for Japan on July 5.

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