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Boxing: Olympic gold is what has eluded me in my career says Okoth

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KDF's Nick Okoth training at Kasarani Stadium on Wednesday 7, 2019 ahead of 2019 African Games in Morocco. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

After years of winning different medals in different international championships, only an Olympic gold medal is what is not in the stocks of the 2015 Africa Boxing Championships lightweight gold medalist Nick Okoth.

Okoth said his long-cherished desire was to win an Olympic gold medal before he hangs his gloves.

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