Charles Owiso (born 19 November 1958) is a Kenyan former professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who won the
African lightweight
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title in 1999 and challenged for the African
light welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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title in 2001. As an amateur, he competed in the
men's light welterweight event at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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1958 births
Living people
Kenyan male boxers
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
African Boxing Union champions
Olympic boxers for Kenya
Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
Place of birth missing (living people)
Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
20th-century Kenyan sportsmen
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing
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