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The fights our fathers never prepare us for

Robba’s last big fight was against the sins of his parents.

Photo credit: Samuel Muigai | Nation Media Group

By  Josaya Wasonga

Columnist

Gone but not forgotten. That is Robert “Kid” Wangila. The first African boxer, outside of South Africa, to win an Olympics gold medal.

Legend. That is Kid, as Wangila was known in the US when, as it is said in pro boxing slang, he went bare-chested.

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