The second leg of the national boxing league moves to Mumias Sports Complex, Mumias tomorrow.

Former national team coach Charles Anjimbi, who is currently attached to the Mumias Amateur Boxing Club, said arrangements for the three day-competition had been finalised.

"Besides Mumias playing host to this event, we are also entering a team and I am optimistic the boys whom I have will give their best," he said during training yesterday.

Amateur Boxing Association of Kenya (ABA) competition secretary Albert Matito returned to Nairobi from Mumias yesterday after inspecting the facilities.

"I am appealing to all teams to honour the event because we shall make some selections for the national team," Matito said.

The event will give the national team boxers who lost their fights during the first leg in Nanyuki a chance to redeem their pride.

The East, Southern and Central Africa light-heavyweight champion James "Bingwa" Wasao of Kenya Police suffered a knock-out at the hands of Armed Forces' Samson Onyango.

Olympian and Africa light-flyweight champion Suleiman Bilali will have to work hard to restore his past glory that earned him the name "Little Warrior".

Defending champions Police "Chafua Chafua" lead the fist leg competition with 18 points while former champions Armed Forces are second with 11.

Other participants are Kenya Prisons, Telkom Nairobi, Nanyuki, KPA, Kongowea, Kenya Railways, Kisumu Marine and Nakuru Amateur Club.

Long serving boxing coach Gilbert Mudhune died last weekend in Nairobi. 

Mudhune was behind the success of Mbotela Top Rank Club in the Nairobi provincial league.

The ABA Nairobi branch vice-chairman Kenneth Ochieng yesterday said that friends and relatives are meeting daily at the Mbotela Social Hall from 5pm for funeral arrangements.

Nairobi ABA branch got a boost yesterday when a US-based Kenyan fan, Nick Kado, announced his sponsorship for the provincial team, Shujaa, for the Kenya Open competition in Nakuru in June.

Kado was accompanied by two branch officials, Ochieng and branch secretary Steve Gacheru.

"Nick, who is in the country for holiday from US, said he was touched by the plight of boxing in Kenya and has decided to assist Nairobi, where he grew up before he moved to the US," said Ochieng.

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