{"id":5879,"date":"2015-11-28T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T01:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2016-01-30T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T18:23:54","slug":"kenya-boxing-team-results-at-the-2008-african-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/kenya-boxing-team-results-at-the-2008-african-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Boxing Team Results at the 2008 African championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/boxing\/pics\/nick-okoth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Okoth; Africa champion 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2008 African championships also served as the African Olympic Qualifications. The tournament was held in Windhoek, Namibia from March 24 to 29. Boxers who reached the finals were assured of a place at the Olympics. Nick Okoth, Bernard Ngumba, Nick Abaka and Aziz Ali all reached the final thus qualifying for the Olympics. Nick Okoth was crowned Africa champion.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Okoth: Featherweight<br \/>\nRound 1: Beat Immanuel Naidjala of Namibia 16-11<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Beat Prince Nwonye of Nigeria 5-2<br \/>\nSemi-Finals: Beat Prince Dzanie of Ghana 6-2<br \/>\nFinals: Beat Thato Batshegi of Botswana 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Bernard Ngumba: Flyweight<br \/>\nRound 1 Beat Edward Kakembo of Uganda 12-7<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Beat Johannes Simon of Namibia 16-4<br \/>\nSemi-Finals: Beat Michael Anu of Nigeria 6-5<br \/>\nFinals: Lost to Cassius Chiyanika of Zambia 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Nick Abaka: Welterweight<br \/>\nRound 1:Beat Habibu Ahmed of Ghana 16-13<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Beat Precious Makina of Zambia 9-3<br \/>\nSemi-Finals: Beat Medhi Khalsi of Morocco 5-4<br \/>\nFinals: Lost to Mujandjae Kasuto of Namibia 7-0<\/p>\n<p>Aziz Ali: Light Heavyweight<br \/>\nRound 1: Beat Rodney Prosper of Mauritius 16-8<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Beat Unathi Jacobs of South Africa 11-8<br \/>\nSemi-Finals: Beat Christian Domfack Adjoufack of Cameroon (referee decision)<br \/>\nFinals: Lost to Samir Bastie of Ghana (referee stopped contest)<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Kasina: Bantamweight<br \/>\nRound 1: Beat Chris Moutendi of Gabon 7-5<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Lost to Issa Samir of Ghana 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Njogu Ndungu: Lightweight<br \/>\nRound 1: Beat Brice Rotaric Bassole of Burkina Faso<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Lost to Rasheed Lawal of Nigeria 9-5<\/p>\n<p>Rayton Nduku Okwiri: Light Welterweight<br \/>\nRound 1: Beat Tounde Sarouna of Togo 9-6<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Lost to Babou Mahaman Smaila of Cameroon 16-6<\/p>\n<p>David Opiyo: Middleweight<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Lost to Leonard Odilo Machichi of Tanzania 7-5<\/p>\n<p>James Wasao: Heavyweight<br \/>\nQuarter-Finals: Lost to Yaovi Agbonson of Togo +5- 5<\/p>\n<p>Morris Okolla: Superheavyweight<br \/>\nSemi-Finals: Lost to Onorede Ehwareme of Nigeria 6-5<br \/>\nThird Place: Earned a walkover over Patrick Mavoungou of Gabon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<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-2008-african-championships\/\"\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 2008 African championships also served as the African Olympic Qualifications. 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