Nickson Abaka can assure himself a Commonwealth medal if he wins his middleweight quarter final tonight and, if he does, it will come with Royal approval. It will also be the best birthday present of his life as the Kenyan army boxer turns 34 on Thursday, just hours after taking on England’s Antony Fowler at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on Glasgow’s northern bank of the River Clyde. The Siaya-born former African Champion had already out-fought Samoa’s Petelo Matagi before a second unanimous decision saw him passed Mark Lucas, from Australia en-route to the last eight and,...
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