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A debut to forget for Pauline Chege at World Boxing Championships

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National light featherweight champion Pauline Chege during a training session at Mathare Police Depot, Nairobi on March 10. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

National light featherweight champion Pauline Chege became the first Kenyan boxer to be eliminated from the World Women's Boxing Championships that boxed off in New Delhi, India on Thursday, March 16.

Chege was beaten by Reyes Moreno Noshbet of Guatemala on a unanimous points decision as Kenya commenced the two-week global showpiece on a disappointing note.

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