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Achieng follows in Zarika's footsteps after win

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Sarah Achieng (left) with Edith Soledad Matthysse of Argentina. [Stafford Ondego]

At last, Commonwealth super lightweight champion Sarah Achieng' is the new World Boxing Foundation (WBF) super lightweight champion.

She achieved her long cherished dream of becoming the second female Kenyan professional pugilist to win a world title, after former World Boxing Council super-bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika.

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