{"id":94553,"date":"2023-06-07T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds"},"modified":"2023-06-07T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:43:00","slug":"hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds","title":{"rendered":"Hit Squad to skip Africa show in Cameroon due to lack of funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The national boxing team, Hit Squad, will skip the upcoming Africa Boxing Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon owing to a dearth of funds. Confirming the development in an interview on Tuesday, head coach Benjamin Musa expressed regrets, saying they had failed to secure the necessary funding from the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were preparing to travel to Cameroon for the tournament but judging by the financial situation in the country at the moment, our hands are tied,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can only talk assuredly about the team\u2019s future once the government has read the budget,\u201d Musa added.<\/p>\n<p>The seasoned gaffer said they would now abandon their training camp at the Mathare depot in Nairobi, noting that there was little they could do to disentangle themselves from the unfortunate situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have released our national team players to return to their respective clubs, where they can continue honing their skills as they await direction,\u201d Musa stated.<\/p>\n<p>Musa, however, quickly added that they were hopeful of making a trip to Dakar, Senegal later in the year to battle for slots in the 2024 Paris Olympic games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChances are high we will start participating in tournaments once the government announces its budget for the new financial year,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n<p>Musa bemoaned that Hit Squad had lost a glorious opportunity to emulate their performance at the 2022 championships in Maputo, Mozambique, where they wrapped up the competition with three silvers and a bronze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were sure of five boxers making it to the medal bracket this time around,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides, our boxers will also miss out on the huge prize purse that has been beefed up by the continental governing body,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The African Boxing Confederation has set aside a whopping $100,000 for gold medallists and $50,000 for runners-up. Third-placed boxers will walk away with a cool $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>The championships, which will be held in Yaounde\u0301, Cameroon from June 13, have attracted more than 26 nations. Kenyan pugilists were expected to use the stage to earn points that would have ranked them favourably and increased their chances of qualifying for the upcoming Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt now makes our work more difficult considering that we have fewer Olympics pathways left in the continent.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIOC rules no longer allow all three medalists from continental tournaments to automatically qualify for the Olympics as they did previously. Instead, only gold medalists from male weight categories will qualify, while only silver and gold medalists from women\u2019s weight categories secure slots,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas IBA allows 13 weight categories for men and 12 for women, IOC only allows seven weight categories for men and six for women. Musa said they would now shift attention to the 2024 Paris Olympics trials for elite men and women boxers slated for June 29 to July 1 at Charter Hall in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly boxers above the intermediate level and are in the Olympic weights will be allowed to participate,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The national boxing team, Hit Squad, will skip the upcoming Africa Boxing Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon owing to a dearth of funds. Confirming the development in an interview on Tuesday, head coach Benjamin Musa expressed regrets, saying they had failed to secure the necessary funding from the government. \u201cWe were preparing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-94553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hit Squad to skip Africa show in Cameroon due to lack of funds - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The national boxing team, Hit Squad, will skip the upcoming Africa Boxing Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon owing to a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hit Squad to skip Africa show in Cameroon due to lack of funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national boxing team, Hit Squad, will skip the upcoming Africa Boxing Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon owing to a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-07T17:32:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-07T17:43:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/06\/sm_1686143536.329589.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hit Squad to skip Africa show in Cameroon due to lack of funds\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-07T17:32:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-07T17:43:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\"},\"wordCount\":500,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/06\/sm_1686143536.329589.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/hit-squad-to-skip-africa-show-in-cameroon-due-to-lack-of-funds\",\"name\":\"Hit Squad to skip Africa show in Cameroon due to lack of funds - 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