Conjestina Achieng
Encyclopedia
Conjestina Achieng is a Kenyan female boxer
who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone" and is ranked number five in the world. She is also the first African woman to hold an international title. Achieng, a 27-year-old single mother, plays in the middleweight
division.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone" and is ranked number five in the world. She is also the first African woman to hold an international title. Achieng, a 27-year-old single mother, plays in the middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
division.