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NAIROBI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The scorching midday sun accompanied by choking dust never deterred a group of youth from Nairobi's Mathare slums from practicing their favorite sport, boxing.
Despite the abject poverty that blights their neighborhood, these youth are determined to make a mark in the world of boxing.
They meet every day at an open field where they practice how to throw punches and based on their facial expressions, these slum youth have fallen in love with a sporting genre associated with grit, energy and resilience.
Bobby Kioko, a bubbly Mathare youth, is grateful to sponsors who recognized his boxing prowess and agreed to pay his university education.
Like millions of slum youth, Kioko has witnessed appalling vices ensnare his peers in the prime of their lives hence his resolve to make a difference.
Kioko fell in love with boxing in his teenage years and has earned fame in Mathare slums for achieving great feats in this sporting genre.
Together with his childhood friends from Mathare slums, Kioko has been at the forefront of encouraging young adults to practice boxing as a full-time career.
During a recent interview with Xinhua, Kioko said boxing has shielded Mathare youth from the snare of anti-social behavior like drug abuse, petty crime and irresponsible sex.
Geoffrey Gichuhi is among Mathare youth who have benefited from Kioko's mentor-ship, and has vowed to pursue boxing as a vocation.