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World body names nine Kenyan boxers as Star One coaches

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Kenya's Women Middleweight champion Elizabeth Andiego training in Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

As Kenya heads to Serbia for the World Boxing Championships, International Boxing Association (AIBA) has appointed nine former international stars as Star One coaches.

They are 1984 Los Angeles Olympic flyweight bronze medalist Ibrahim ‘Surf’ Bilali, Olympian Benson Gicharu, national middleweight champion Elizabeth Andiego and Kenya captain Nick ‘Commander’ Okoth.

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