NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12, 2025 – Kenya’s unhealthy luck on the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Serbia continued all 4 pugilists in rivalry on Tuesday misplaced their bouts.
First up, Cynthia Mwihaki threw within the towel in spherical two of her mild welterweight bout in opposition to Mexico’s Miriam Edith Gonzalez.
Cuban referee Wilfredo Calero was compelled to step in and cease the match as Mwihaki struggled to deal with the laborious punches of the Latin American.
There was not a lot luck within the light-weight class as Emily Kasyoka misplaced by a unanimous resolution to Slovakian Miroslava Jedinakova.
The similar destiny befell Friza Anyango within the welterweight class, dropping by unanimous resolution to a different Slovakian, Tamara Kubalova within the spherical of 16.
Martha Amina closed out a nasty day within the workplace for the Hit Squad, dropping to Russia’s Karina Tazabekova within the bantamweight class – additionally through a unanimous resolution.
Kenya will likely be hoping for improved fortunes on Wednesday when Lencer Akinyi and Pauline Chege step into the ring for his or her respective bouts within the spherical of 16.
Akinyi will likely be buying and selling punches with Serbian Dragana Jovanovic within the flyweight class as Chege duels with Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan within the featherweight division.
Both fighters earned a bye into the spherical of 16 after their would-be opponents failed to point out up.
The Hit Squad are nonetheless looking for their first-ever medal on the championships since they debuted in 2012 in Bridgetown, Barbados.