Boxer Agina safe and sound in Australia-Kameta

There is need for proper boxing infrastructure to tap promising talent in the country, the Boxing Association of Kenya president John Kameta has said.

Kameta warned that Kenya risks losing more of her potential boxers if unemployment is not addressed, noting that most of the boxers who disappear during major international assignment are attached to civilian clubs.

Kameta’s concern comes barely three weeks after promising boxer Brian Agina went AWOL in Gold Coast, Australia shortly after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games.

At the same time, the boxing boss has claimed that Agina is safe and sound in Australia, noting that he’s twice  been in touch with his grandmother since he went missing on April 15, a day before his scheduled return to Kenya.

“It’s very well known to everyone that Agina has contacted his grandmother twice. He has assured her that he is safe and doing well though she does not want to give out his contact. If I had enough resources I would even build a house for him so that he could have at least some peace and tranquility as he pursues his career,” Kameta said

Kameta added that he is going to request the National Olympic of Kenya to do a fresh report on Agina’s whereabouts once his visa expires on May 15.

(FILES)Boxing Association of Kenya chairman, John Kameta, addressing the media at a past function. He has threatened to sue Sport CS, Dr. Hassan Wario. PHOTO/Stafford Ondego/Sportpicha

“When we first reported to the Gold Coast Police, they said that they could not do anything at the moment since he was legally in the country and was not in any danger considering how he left the Village.”

The 18 year old Agina, was discovered missing on April 16, and thereafter a report was made to Kenya’s Chef de Mission to the Games, Barnaba Korir.

Before leaving the Village on April 15 during the official closing ceremony, Agina took a small back-pack after packing everything in a bigger bag that he left at the Athletes’ Village. He also borrowed USD 100 (about Sh 10,000) from Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bantamweight bronze medalist Benson Gicharu to allegedly buy a new pair of headsets.

Notably, Agina is not the first boxer to go missing in Australia. Middleweight boxer Peter Kariuki and light welterweight pugilist Fred Munga, are some of the Kenyan boxers who failed to board a plane back to Nairobi after the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

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