Windhoek — Two of Namibia's top Olympic boxers Jonas Junias Jonas and Matias Hamunyela booked their places at this year's AIBA World Championships, after winning gold medals at the just-ended AFBC African Boxing Championships held in Congo-Brazzaville.
First to scoop gold was Hamunyela, who on Sunday trounced Cameroon's Rio 2016 Olympian Simplice Fotsala in the light flyweight (49kg) final to clinch gold. On his way to the final, Hamunyela brilliantly negotiated his way past a stubborn Bakari Shaffi Hassan of Kenya.
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