{"id":5921,"date":"2015-11-21T23:14:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T03:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5921"},"modified":"2016-01-23T23:12:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T03:12:28","slug":"5921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/5921\/","title":{"rendered":"1972 Africa boxing championships medalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 1972 Africa boxing championships were held in Nairobi Kenya. It was the fifth time Kenya was participating in this event. And it was Kenya&#8217;s best ever performance with five gold medals. Kenya finished second in the medal standings behind Uganda who also won five gold medals and two silvers. This was the golden era of Uganda boxing. Two years earlier Uganda had emerged as the Commonwealth games boxing champions with three gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>The gold medals came via John Mwaura Nderu, Samuel Mbugua, Dick Tiger Murunga, David Attan and Stephen Thega. While Peter Dula won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<table class=\"wikitable\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"25%\">Weight-Class<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">Gold<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">Silver<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Light Flyweight (-48 kg)<\/td>\n<td>James Odwori (Uganda)<\/td>\n<td>Saad (Sudan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Flyweight (\u2013 51 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Mohamed Selim (Egypt)<\/td>\n<td>Marcel Martins (Nigeria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Bantamweight (\u2013 54 kg)<\/td>\n<td>John Mwaura Nderu (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>El-Fatah (Egypt)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Featherweight (\u2013 57 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Samuel Mbugua (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Mputu (Zaire)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Lightweight (\u2013 60 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Peter Odhiambo (Uganda)<\/td>\n<td>Adeyemi Abayomi (Nigeria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Light Welterweight (\u2013 63,5 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Mohamed Muruli (Uganda)<\/td>\n<td>Obisia Nwakpa (Nigeria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Welterweight (\u2013 67 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Dick Tiger Murunga (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Mabengo (Cameroon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Light Middleweight (\u2013 71 kg)<\/td>\n<td>David Attan (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>John Opio (Uganda)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Middleweight (\u2013 75 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Martin Akuba (Uganda)<\/td>\n<td>Peter Dula (Kenya)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Light Heavyweight (\u2013 81 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Stephen Thega (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Mathias Ouma (Uganda)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>Heavyweight (over 81 kg)<\/td>\n<td>Benjamin Masanda (Uganda)<\/td>\n<td>Fatai Ayinla (Nigeria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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<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\/5921\/\"\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 1972 Africa boxing championships were held in Nairobi Kenya. 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