By AYUMBA AYODIMore by this AuthorKenya’s Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika has likened herself to wine that gets better with age and has deferred her retirement after outclassing Zambia’s Catherine Phiri to retain her World Boxing Council (WBC) world super bantamweight title. But Zarika was shaky in the first three rounds, with Phiri, who showed great footwork, speed and solid punches, almost sending her to the canvass. For sure, I’m like wine that gets better with age,” Zarika, who retained her title for the third consecutive time, said. I did it for my fans and Kenyans," said Zarika, who stretched her record to 31 wins, 12 losses and two draws. Okwiri dominated experienced Bruno from the word go in the middleweight bout that was scheduled for eight rounds.

Source: Daily Nation March 25, 2019 02:37 UTC