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Why every boxer wants to go to Nakuru

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Uganda's Mercy Achayo (right) in action against Stacy Odindo of Nakuru during their super-featherweight bout at Labour Day Boxing Championships in Nakuru on Friday. [Ben Ahenda]

When questions were thrown to boxers on their preferred destination to host crucial boxing championships, most of them fell in love with Nakuru. 

Asked to give their reasons for this, they said the common denominator was the fact that the city is the hotbed of Kenyan boxing.

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