Reigning Africa Championship light-middleweight bronze medallist Boniface Mugunde is the captain 0f Hit Squad, the national boxing team ahead of Africa Zone 3 Boxing champoionships that will be staged in dar es Salam, Tanzania.
He takes over from Nick Okoth who retirement last year as he aims coaching job in the country.
Mugunde is among the star-studded list of 21 boxers who were unveiled on Monday by head coach Benjamin Musa to fly the country’s flag in Dar.
Five of the 21 boxers chosen—Abednego Kyalo (minimum weight), Steve Olang (welterweight), Robert Okaka (light heavyweight), Peter Abuti (heavyweight), and Emily Juma (flyweight) —will make their national team debuts.
David Karanja (flyweight), Shaffi Bakari (bantamweight), Samuel Njau (featherweight), and Elizabeth Andiego are the four reigning champions who have made the team (light heavyweight).