{"id":5643,"date":"2015-11-22T23:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2015-12-21T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:44:00","slug":"kenya-boxing-team-results-at-the-1973-all-africa-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/kenya-boxing-team-results-at-the-1973-all-africa-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Boxing Team Results at the 1973 All Africa games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 1973 All Africa games were held in Lagos Nigeria. Kenya finished second overall in the boxing charts behind hosts Nigeria. Kenya&#8217;s final medal tally was two gold two silver. The first gold medal came via Feathwerweight George Oduori who beat Eddie Ndukwu of Nigeria 3-2 in the final. The second gold medal came via middleweight Peter Dula who beat John Opio of Uganda in the final by KO.<br \/>\nFlyweight Isaac Maiawa reached the final but lost to Timothy Feruka of Zambia 3-2, thus settling for silver. Light Heavyweight Mathias Ouma also settled for silver after losing to Isaac Ikhouria 3-2 in the final. The other notable Kenyan boxer was Welterweight Dick Tiger Murunga. He started well, beating Ezra Mtorella of Tanzania by TKO, only to lose narrowly in the quarter-finals to John Mensah of Ghana.<\/p>\n<h3>A note on George Oduori and Peter Dula<\/h3>\n<p>George Oduori firt emerged on the Kenya boxing scene when he challenged legend Philip Waruinge in the 1972 Olympic trials. Oduori lost on points but Mohammed Abdala Kent, a former national heavyweight champion who was also fighting for a place in the team, commented that Waruinge was only declared the winner because he was more experienced than Oduori, whom he described as a very fast and extremely mobile boxer.<br \/>\nPeter Dula for his part was voted Kenya boxer of the year in 1973<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/boxing\">Kenya Boxing Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/kenya-boxing-team-results-at-the-1973-all-africa-games\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1973 All Africa games were held in Lagos Nigeria. 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