Nick Okoth too good for Sergei, to face Ovik Oganisyan in semis – KBC

Nick Okoth defeated Ukraine’s Sergei Kitchko through  unanimous points decision during their feather weight bout of the ongoing Konstantin Korotkov Memorial  boxing tournament in Moscow Russia.

Okoth won after all the five judges awarded him a 5-0 win in the three round fight. Following the win Okoth will now face Russian Ovik Oganisyan in the semi final tomorrow.

‘’I have been training for this game, it is also a good build up for the Olympic games. my opponent was tough, I followed coach’s game plan  during the game which was key in the victory’’, Okoth said after the win.

‘’Nick followed the instructions because we had studied his opponent during his training and realized that he uses a lot of power during the sparring so we wanted Nick to go in and find his range and stick the jab, right combinations and all that…..He followed the game plan and notched the win’’, Head Coach Benjamin Musa said.

Kenya’s heavy weight boxer Elly Ajowi is set to face Mamadiyar Saydrahmov from Uzbekistan in their semi final heavy weight bout later today.

Two female pugilists Christine Ongare and Elizabeth Akinyi were earlier this week  dumped out of the competition after losing their preliminary round matches.

Kenya is using the invitational tournament to prepare for the forthcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan.

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