Joseph Mukuku Akhasamba (born 20 June 1963 in

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) is a Kenyan retired

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who held the African

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title from 1998 to 1999. As an amateur, he represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in 1988. He won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the

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* 1963 births Living people Kenyan male boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Kenya Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya African Boxing Union champions Boxers from Nairobi Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub