Benson Gicharu became the second Kenyan to exit the ring after suffering a humiliating 3-0 defeat at the hands of Mongolian Erdenebat Tsendbaatar in the preliminary match of the bantamweight (56kg).
The referees handed the winner a unanimous victory after outboxing the Kenyan in all three rounds.
The Mongolian was declared victor based on a score of 28-29, 26-30, 28-29 performance.
Light-flyweight Peter Mungai was the first Kenyan to make an exit earlier in the day after falling to 19-year-old Cuban world champion Joahnys Argilagos 3-0.
The Cuban, won a unanimous points decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-26.
After the bout, Gicharu said as much as he hads tried, things did not work out as expected, thus paving the way for the Mongolian to turn up the tempo. Gicharu admitted he had lost to a better boxer this time.
Gicharu said he will return home to focus on the Amateur Professional Boxing.
He admitted a fall in the second round disoriented him, making it impossible to find his bearings. It took him time to recover.
He said he had watched his opponent’s videos before the fight but the man changed tact during the fight.
“According to his style in the videos, I had planned to fight him close in a bid to tire him out but he changed tactics forciong me to chase him as this left me open to his counter punching.
