Modesty Napunyi (13 March 1957 — 20 December 2002 (aged 45)) born in

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, was a Kenyan

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and

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super bantam/

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boxer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who made his international amateur début in the 1975 Brunner Urafiki tournament

between Kenya and Uganda, he was voted the best boxer during the 1981

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, Thailand, and won the Japanese featherweight title, East & Central African Professional Boxing Federation super bantamweight title,

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(ABU) super bantamweight title, ABU featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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* 1957 births 2002 deaths Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers Super-bantamweight boxers African Boxing Union champions Sportspeople from Nairobi Kenyan male boxers {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub