NAIROBI, Kenya, March 10, 2025 – Kenya’s Lencer Akinyi and Pauline Chege private qualified for the following round of the Ladies folks’s World Boxing Championships in Nis, Serbia after their would-be opponents failed to point out up.
Chege used to be scheduled to face Bojana Gojkovic in a round of 32 bout within the featherweight class but the Montenegro national used to be a no-point out.
Consequently, the Kenyan used to be given a bye into the round of 16 without throwing a punch.
It used to be the identical case for Akinyi whose round of 32 fight within the flyweight class in opposition to Truelove Thandolwethu of South Africa turned into a cropper following the latter’s absence.
Hit Squad began the tournament on an wretched point to after Veronicah Mbithe misplaced to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova by capability of a aspects decision.
The round of 32 bout within the gentle flyweight class used to be dominated 5:0 in favour of the Kazakhstani.
Cynthia Mwai is the following Kenyan anticipated within the ring when she faces off with Mexican Miriam Edith Gonzalez within the round of 16 in a gentle-weight welterweight bout on Tuesday.
Kenya are procuring for his or her first ever medal within the tournament since they debuted in 2012 in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The team consist of eight pugilists and four officials.
