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All eyes on Bakari as he takes on Sri Lankan today

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Kenyan boxer Shaffie Bakari in a training session. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

With the exit of former African champion Nick Okoth from 2022 Commonwealth Games, all eyes will be on Africa Zone Three bantamweight gold medallist Hassan Shaffi Bakari when he takes on Rukmal Prasanna of Sri Lanka today.

Bakari will face off with Prasanna in round of 16 of men's over 51kg-54kg bout in Birmingham as the Club Games start to take shape with more Kenyans participating.

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