Joseph Mukuku Akhasamba (born June 20, 1963, in

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) is a Kenyan retired

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who held the African heavyweight title from 1998 to 1999. As an amateur, he represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in

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* 1963 births Living people Kenyan male boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Kenya Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Boxing Union champions Sportspeople from Nairobi 21st-century Kenyan people 20th-century Kenyan people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub