Rayton Okwiri
Rayton Nduku Okwiri is a Kenyan boxer who has held the African Boxing Union middleweight title since June 2019. He also qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Okwiri secured his place in the welterweight event in Rio by winning the gold medal in the 2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. He defeated Ghana's Mohameed Azumah in the semifinals to clinch his place as part of the Kenyan team in Rio before going on to beat Egypt's Walid Sedik Mohamed in the final.
Okwiri made his professional debut on 4 February 2017, defeating Salehe Mkalekwa at the Crowne Plaza Nairobi. He won the African Boxing Union middleweight title in his sixth pro fight on 8 June 2019, beating Hussein Itaba.
Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Hussein Itaba | TKO | 3, 1:23 | 8 Jun 2019 | Won vacant African middleweight title | |
5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Pascal Kimaru Bruno | TKO | 3, 1:54 | 23 March 2019 | Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.png" /> | |
4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Patrick Amote | TKO | 2, 1:59 | 11 Jul 1999 | International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.png" /> | |
3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Imani Daudi Kawaya | UD | 6 | 2 Dec 2017 | ||
2 | Draw | 1–1 | Moshea Aleem | SD | 6 | 19 Oct 2017 | Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C..png" /> | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Salehe Mkalekwa | KO | 3 | 4 Feb 2017 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.png" /> |