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Boxing body running out of time to end league action
Jun 2, 2020
Virus disruption has forced boxers to shift focus to Kenya Open and Olympic qualifiers
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause disruption in the sports world, time is running out for the National Boxing League to be concluded by the end of the year.
Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) treasurer Musa Benjamin said the six months left before the year ends is not enough to complete the five legs of the league assignments.
He said time was not on their side to start and finish the league championships taking into account players need to rest and those injured require time to heal before the next league assignment.
“It’ll be a miracle to start and complete league assignments if they were to commence this month. Time is not on our side going by our calendar of events, which had just kicked-off by the time the Government banned social gatherings,” Benjamin told Standard Sports.
He pointed out that it would be difficult to complete the five legs of the league championships within six months for players and officials to effectively do their work.
“Had we played two or three legs of the league championships by the time of the ban, it could have been easier to predict whether it was possible or not to complete the league championships in six months’ time,” Benjamin said.
BFK’s events were stopped during the semi-finals of the National Novices Championships in Nairobi in March at a time the first leg of the National Boxing League was to kick-off in Kitale in April.
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