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Okwiri loses to DR Congo's Kalombo on TKO in South Africa

Kenya's Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri (right) in action against Columbia's Fidel Munoz in their bout on Saturday. [Courtesy, Nenez Media Services]

Former Africa Boxing Union super middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri has lost his first professional bout since he joined the paid ranks in 2017.

Okwiri lost to Emmany Kalombo of Democratic Republic of Congo in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-middleweight title fight hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday night.

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