'Commander' Okoth leads hungry 'Hit Squad' in Commonwealth Games mission
Nicholas Okong'o Okoth (left) of Kenya exchanges punches with Tsendbaatar Erdenebat of Mongolia during the men's Feather (52-57kg) on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kokugikan Arena on July 24, 2021 in Tokyo.
The “Hit Squad” captain has been in boxing for 27 years since he was introduced to the sport as a 12-year-old boy in Nairobi's Mathare slums in 1995
Okoth – a former two-time African champion – has been to all Commonwealth Games since 2010 in New Delhi, India
Ongare, who won Kenya’s only boxing medal – a bronze in flyweight - four years ago in Gold Coast, says she is also ready for the quadrennial competition
Nick “Commander” Okoth is ready to hang up his gloves but not without a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games slated for July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England.
The “Hit Squad” captain has been in boxing for 27 years since he was introduced to the sport as a 12-year-old boy in Nairobi's Mathare slums in 1995 by the current national team head coach Benjamin Musa.
