Rayton Okwiri
Rayton Nduku Okwiri (born 26 March 1986)[1] is a Kenyan boxer who has held the African Boxing Union middleweight title since June 2019. He also qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Okwiri secured his place in the welterweight event in Rio by winning the gold medal in the 2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2] He defeated Ghana's Mohameed Azumah in the semifinals to clinch his place as part of the Kenyan team in Rio before going on to beat Egypt's Walid Sedik Mohamed in the final.[3][4]
Okwiri made his professional debut on 4 February 2017, defeating Salehe Mkalekwa at the Crowne Plaza Nairobi. He won the African Boxing Union middleweight title in his sixth pro fight on 8 June 2019, beating Hussein Itaba.
Professional boxing record
[edit | edit source]| 9 fights | 7 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 6 | 1 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Loss | 7–1–1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Emmany Kalombo | RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | 30 Jun 2022 | South Africa The Gallery, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Uganda John Serunjogi | TKO | 8 (10) | 13 Oct 2021 | Tanzania Mtana Hall, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania | |
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Colombia Fidel Monterroza Munoz | KO | 2 (8), 2:03 | 15 Aug 2021 | United States Thompson's Point Brick South, Portland, Maine | |
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Tanzania Hussein Itaba | TKO | 3 (10), 1:23 | 8 Jun 2019 | Kenya Charter Hall, Nairobi, Kenya | Won vacant African middleweight title |
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Tanzania Pascal Kimaru Bruno | TKO | 3 (8), 1:54 | 23 March 2019 | Kenya Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Kenya Patrick Amote | TKO | 2 (8), 2:59 | 11 Jul 2018 | Kenya Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Tanzania Imani Daudi Kawaya | UD | 6 | 2 Dec 2017 | Kenya Carnivore Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| 2 | Draw | 1–1 | United States Moshea Aleem | SD | 6 | 19 Oct 2017 | United States Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Tanzania Salehe Mkalekwa | KO | 3 (6) | 4 Feb 2017 | Kenya Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya |
References
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External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male boxers
- Middleweight boxers
- African Boxing Union champions
- Olympic boxers for Kenya
- Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- African Games bronze medalists for Kenya
- African Games bronze medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Kenyan boxing biography stubs