Stephen ("Steve") Muchoki (born 23 December 1956) is a retired

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boxer from

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, who had an excellent career (197 wins, three losses) as an amateur. He won the silver medal at the inaugural

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in Havana, Cuba. The same year he captured the title at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in

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, New Zealand. Muchoki was to represent Kenya at the

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, Quebec, Canada, but Kenya choose to boycott. Two years later he won the world title at the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade,

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, and the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games once again.

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