By Geoffrey Mpenda at Ringside.

On a small show staged by Denmark’s Risum Boxing at the Pal Pal Gymnasium in Nairobi on Saturday, four local match-ups entertained a fair number of spectators who all gained admittance for free.

The main event saw David “Silent Danger” Kiilu beat a game Joshua Omukhulu by technical knockout in round six. After a slow start Kiilu, one of our most experienced pugilists, started opening up in round four and after three knock-downs the bout was halted in round six when Omukhulu couldn’t continue. Kiilu now has a record of 31-10-2 with 17 knockouts, and the looser drops to 3-8-2 with one knockout.

Samson “Nyundu” Onyango took his professional statistics to 19-4 with 12 knockouts as he pummelled, but failed to stop, old acquaintance Mustapha Noor, a Nairobi-based Ugandan. This was the third meeting between the two, but unlike the first two encounters Onyango had to settle for a unanimous decision victory. Noor was down three times during the six rounds, but gamely got up every time and fought back.

In a female featherweight bout Jane Kavulani easily overpowered debutant Susan Andeso for a first round stoppage, she now has a record of 10-10-2 with 3 knockouts, and Mwangi Kanoga went 2-0 with a four-round decision over debutant Justus Munyoki.

The show was sanctioned and supervised by Federation Professional Boxing Kenya, and both the FPBK and the organisers should be commended for keeping boxers active even though it doesn’t produce any revenue. Without small shows like this one, the Kenyan boxing scene would not be in the relatively good shape it is.