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Former WBC champ Fatuma Zarika hopeful of challenging for world title

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Former World Boxing Council (WBC) women's Super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika [SportPesa]

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) women's Super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika is glad to 'revive' her boxing career, after a brief lull, after gaming firm SportPesa unveiled a multi-million sports sponsorship investment in Nairobi on Thursday.

Kenya's boxing queen now hopes to step into the ring very soon, in the course of this season, to challenge for an international diadem following SportPesa's partnership with UFS BXNG that saw the promotional body, owned by Maurice Odera, receive Sh40 million support from the leading gaming firm.

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