{"id":5416,"date":"2015-11-28T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2015-11-28T23:58:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T03:58:06","slug":"kenya-boxing-at-the-2014-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/kenya-boxing-at-the-2014-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Boxing results at the 2014 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2014 Commonwealth games boxing event, Kenya ended with one bronze medal which came courtesy of bantamweight Benson Gicharu Njagiru. As a result Kenya finished 14th overall and 5th in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, Kenya had one semi-finalist and three quarter-finalists. 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