Benson Gicharu Njangiru (born 3 May 1985) is a Kenyan amateur boxer who won silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi (at flyweight), a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games (at bantamweight) and qualified for the 2012 Olympics (at flyweight). His occupation is police officer. In Delhi 2010 he beat

Oteng Oteng Oteng Oteng (born 9 January 1990) is an amateur boxer from Botswana who qualified for the 2012 Olympics. He was born in Mookane. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he lost to Benson Gicharu Njangiru in the semifinal and won bronze. At th ...

but lost to local Suranjoy Mayengbam in the final. At the 2011 All-Africa Games Oteng won the rematch 10:8 and went on to win the title At the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament Oteng won the rubber match but Gicharu qualified for the Olympics anyway. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he lost his first bout 16:19 to Egyptian Hesham Abdelaal. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he competed in the bantamweight division, losing to England's Qais Ashfaq in the semi-final.

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