Rayton Nduku Okwiri (born 26 March 1986) is a Kenyan

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who has held the

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middleweight title since June 2019. He also qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in

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, Brazil. Okwiri secured his place in the welterweight event in Rio by winning the gold medal in the

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. 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. Okwiri made his professional debut on 4 February 2017, defeating Salehe Mkalekwa at the Crowne Plaza

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. He won the

middleweight title in his sixth pro fight on 8 June 2019, beating Hussein Itaba.

Professional boxing record

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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 medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub