Irish Magno of Philippines defeats Kenyan Christine Ongare via unanimous decision in the women's flyweight division round of 32 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games [photo courtesy]Irish Magno of Philippines on Sunday morning defeated Christine Ongare of Kenya via unanimous decision in the Round of 32 of the women's flyweight division at the Kokugikan Arena. The Filipino boxer scored a unanimous decision win against Ongare, with four of the five judges scoring 30-27 in favour of the Filipino pug. Magno is the second Philippine-bred boxer to move on to the next round of the competition following Nesthy Petecio's unanimous decision win over Congo's Sakobi Matshu Marcelat a day before. Mongolia's Tsendbaatar Erdenbat (left) exchanges punches with Kenya's Nick Okong'o Okoth during their men's featherweight 57-kg boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, yesterday. [AP]On Saturday, 2015 Africa Boxing Championships lightweight (60kg) -gold medalist Nick Okoth was the first Kenyan boxer to bow out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after losing his featherweight bout(57kg) to Erdenebat Tsendbaatar of Mongolia in Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Standard Digital July 25, 2021 04:30 UTC