Boxer Rayton Okwiri Confident Of Victory In South Africa
2016 Rio Olympics - Boxing - Preliminary - Men's Welter (69kg) Round of 16 Bout 111 - Riocentro - Pavilion 6 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. Rayton Okwiri (KEN) of Kenya competes. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
Former African Boxing Union super middleweight champion Rayton ‘Boom Boom’ Okwiri says he's undeterred by the biting cold weather in South Africa and will go all out to outsmart Emmany Kalombo of the Democratic Republic of Congo when the two pugilists go head to head on June 30.
Temperatures in Johannesburg have been nearing zero degrees; something Okwiri has acknowledged is a challenge but won’t stop him from victory in the 12-round-fight for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super welterweig...