Hit Squad Olympic Games hopes down to four pugilists
National boxing team Hit Squad suffered another blow in
their bid to qualify for this year’s Paris Olympic Games yesterday after
skipper Boniface Mogunde lost by knockout in his preliminary round of 64 bout
to Croatia’s Petar Knezevic Kresimir in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
The fight that was overseen by Sri Lankan referee
Thampu Nelka ended with a 3-2 KO victory in favor of Knezevic (10-9, 10-9,
10-9, 9-10, 9-10), a result that assistant coach David Munuhe says was due to
luck.
"We were unlucky because Boniface was in a good
position to win the fight, but he was KO'd. Even so, that is the state of boxing
and today, as team Kenya, we will return to the ring represented by Elizabeth
Andiego and David Karanja." Said Munuhe.
Elizabeth Andiego and David Karanja will enter the ring
today against opponents yet to be confirmed later.
Fifty athletes will make the cut for to the Paris 2024
Olympics through the ongoing 1st World Qualification Tournament after failing
to qualify through their continental qualifiers.
These will include 22 women and 28 men who have been
participating in this competition, that started on February 29 and will end on
12 March 2024.
Six Kenyan boxers are taking part in the 2024 Paris
Olympics 1st World Qualification, including Shaffi Bakari (Featherweight) and
Frizah Anyango (welterweight), with flyweight pugilists Christine Ongare and
Boniface Mogunde having lost their bouts so far.
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