Three Kenyan boxers advance, five crash out of African event
Kenya’s Silas Onyango (in red) hammers Abel Abatiye Alemu of Ethiopia’s during their African Boxing Confederation Zone III Championships light flyweight first round bout at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani indoor arena on October 20, 2025.
Kenya won three bouts, and lost five in the first session of the opening day of the championships that have attracted 10 countries.
Kenya won’t have a representative in lightweight after experienced Ethan Maina and Washington Wandera were bundled out.
Kenya’s continental light flyweight bronze medallist Abednego Kyalo and compatriot Silas Onyango are through to the quarter-finals of the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC) Zone III Championships after winning their opening bouts the Moi International Sports Centre Indoor Arena, on Monday.
Kenya’s newcomer, Wiseman Livondo, stunned experienced Oumarou Mouhamed from Cameroon to sail through to the semi-finals of the welterweight contest.
