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Okaka's win gives Kenya hope for glory at World Championships

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 Robert Okaka (in red) and Tunisian Youssef Rafrafi (in blue). [Ben Ahenda Standard]

National light heavyweight champion Robert Okaka is on the path to making history after making it to the money bracket of the Elite World Men Boxing Championships in Dubai.

Okaka cruised into the quarter-finals of the global championships after stopping Youssef Rafrafi of Tunisia in the third round of the light-heavyweight duel through the referee stop the contest (RSC) rule which assured him of at least Sh1.2 million before he fights for a semi-final slot.

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