{"id":305635,"date":"2025-11-25T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305635\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:35:16","slug":"mogunde-basks-in-boxing-glory-attributes-success-to-faith-and-police-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305635\/","title":{"rendered":"Mogunde basks in boxing glory, attributes success to \u201cfaith and Police support\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/citizen.digital\/author\/mkalla-wa-mwambodze-532\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ui-avatars.com\/api\/?name=M+w+M&amp;color=7F9CF5&amp;background=EBF4FF\" alt=\"Mkalla wa Mwambodze\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\"\/><\/a> By<br \/>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/citizen.digital\/author\/mkalla-wa-mwambodze-532\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    Mkalla wa Mwambodze<br \/>\n                  <\/a><br \/>\n                  Published on:  November 25, 2025 12:14 (EAT)<br \/>\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mogunde basks in boxing glory, attributes success to \u201cfaith and Police support\u201d\" alt=\"Mogunde basks in boxing glory, attributes success to \u201cfaith and Police support\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/citizentv.obs.af-south-1.myhuaweicloud.com\/94148\/conversions\/Team-Kenya-Captain-Boniface-Mogunde-has-defeated-Hield-Carl-Leviticus-of-Bahamas-on-unanimous-points-decision-in-their-light-middleweight-round-of-64.-og_image.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-c55c8874=\"\">Team Kenya&#8217;s Hit Squad Captain Boniface Mogunde has defeated Hield Carl Leviticus of Bahamas on unanimous points decision in their light middleweight round of 64. (PHOTO\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" data-v-7257c9c5=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753699281_362_tts-pre-loader.gif\" alt=\"Vocalize Pre-Player Loader\" style=\"all:unset!important;display:inline!important;\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7257c9c5=\"\" style=\"font-size:13px;margin-left:20px;\" data-v-c55c8874=\"\">Audio By Vocalize<\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">National<br \/>\nteam captain and Africa Boxing Championships light-middleweight champion Boniface<br \/>\nMogunde has attributed his rise in the sport to \u201cfaith, discipline and strong<br \/>\ninstitutional backing from the Kenya Police\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Mogunde, one of the country\u2019s most celebrated pugilists,<br \/>\nwas at the weekend crowned the 2025 Best Male Boxer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He revealed<br \/>\nhe almost pursued football, and could have turned out for Police FC, but he<br \/>\nchose boxing instead of the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI used<br \/>\nto be a football player, but I was always on the bench,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s when<br \/>\nI told myself to try another sport and see what would happen. That decision led<br \/>\nme to boxing. My parents were initially against it, but with time they embraced<br \/>\nit. As a family, we\u2019ve relied on prayer to push through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He<br \/>\ntrains at the Mathare Police Depot arena, home of the renowned Kenya Police boxing<br \/>\nteam, \u2018Chafua Chafua\u2019, a foundation he says has shaped him into the boxer he is<br \/>\ntoday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cKenya<br \/>\nPolice have really supported us,\u201d he noted. \u201cChafua Chafua is a strong,<br \/>\ndisciplined squad with coaches who treat us like their own children. Their<br \/>\nguidance has been invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The<br \/>\nreigning national light-middleweight champion and 2025 Player of the Season has<br \/>\nplayed a major role in raising the profile of the Police boxing team on the<br \/>\ninternational stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI\u2019m a<br \/>\nboxer and a police officer, and I\u2019m grateful because boxing has made me who I<br \/>\nam,\u201d Mogunde added. \u201cThrough God\u2019s grace, hard work and discipline, I\u2019ve<br \/>\nreached this level, and I hope to go even further.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mkalla wa Mwambodze Published on: November 25, 2025 12:14 (EAT) Team Kenya&#8217;s Hit Squad Captain Boniface Mogunde&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[137017,137019,137018,703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-305635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-africa-boxing-championships","tag-best-male-boxer","tag-boniface-mogunde","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}