This archive report was first published on 28 October 2019.
On October 26, 2019, the Kenya Police Service team, popularly known as Chafua Chafua, took a significant step towards clinching the National Boxing League title after winning the fourth and penultimate leg at the Nanyuki Social Hall.
African Games bronze medallist George Cosby and Boniface Mogunde led the team's pugilists to claim victory in six of the 11 final categories. Police entered eight boxers in the finals.
The performance saw Chafua Chafua take an unassailable lead of 93 points, followed by the Kenya Defence Forces with 34, Kibra with 32, Nairobi with 17, and Busia and Kisumu with 12 points each.
The final leg will be held from November 21-23 in Kisumu.
George Cosby subjected Moses Juma from Kibra to heavy punishment before the middleweight bout was stopped barely in the first round. Boniface Mogunde also outclassed Juma's compatriot Alvin Oduor to win in welterweight.
Other winners for Police included Martin Oduor (bantamweight), Martin Maina (light flyweight), and Tobias Okeyo (super heavyweight).
Commonwealth bronze medallist Christine Ongare of Police also made mincemeat of Siaya's Christine Aluoch in a women's bout.
