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Five Kenyans fall in Russia World Military championships

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Chrispin Murimi (left) from KDF and Boniface Mugunde of Kenya Police. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Kenya Defence Forces team featuring in the ongoing World Military Boxing Championships in Russia, would have wished for a better ending.

With five boxers fighting it out in the quarterfinals in search of a slot in the last four, the Kenyans were praying for impressive results but in the end, the five pugilists could not master the right technique to make it to the next stage.

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