Kenyan Boxers Through to World Champs Round of 16 Without Throwing Punches

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 10, 2025 – Kenya’s Lencer Akinyi and Pauline Chege have qualified for the next round of the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Nis, Serbia after their would-be opponents failed to show up.

Chege was scheduled to face Bojana Gojkovic in a round of 32 bout in the featherweight category but the Montenegro national was a no-show.

Consequently, the Kenyan was given a bye into the round of 16 without throwing a punch.

It was the same case for Akinyi whose round of 32 fight in…