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Kenyan boxing has taken a knockout blow

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Kenya's Elly Ochola (blue) gets punched by Scotland's Scott Forrest (red) during the men’s heavy (91Kg) category preliminary boxing match during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Oxenford Studios venue in Gold Coast on April 6, 2018. [AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS]

A crashing punch to the chin sends Frenchman Laurent Boudouani sprawling to the canvas, and it was over.

That was a knockout win for Kenya’s Robert Wangila at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. 

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