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Boxing: Lesotho’s Pooana Khoahli returns to African championships

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Boxing: Lesotho’s Pooana Khoahli returns to African championships

Lesotho boxer Pooana Khoahli will compete at the 2026 Africa Elite Boxing Championships after winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and recently claiming the welterweight title. The competition will take place from 19 October to 1 November in Kinshasa, with two representatives from Lesotho, according to the Sunday Express.

Lesotho boxer Pooana Khoahli will compete in the 2026 Africa Elite Boxing Championships, scheduled to take place from 19 October to 1 November in Kinshasa, DR Congo. The 21-year-old welterweight won a bronze medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Sunday Express reports.

The medal ended a 20-year drought for Lesotho at the Commonwealth Games. The country’s previous podium finish came in 2006, when boxer Moses Kopo won silver in Melbourne, according to the Sunday Express.

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