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Conjestina Achieng | |
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| Born | Conjestina Achieng 20 October 1977[1] |
| Nationality |  Kenya[1] |
| Other names | Hands of Stone[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Middleweight[1] |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 27 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Wins by KO | 8 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 4 |
| No contests | 0 |
Conjestina Achieng (born 20 October 1977 in Umiru village, Yala division, Siaya District. Conjestina is the fifth born in a family of ten. Her father Clement Adalo is a retired medical officer and her mother is Gertrude Auma. Her elder brother, Joseph Kusimba is an ex-boxer who runs a boxing club in Mathare, Nairobi. She is a Kenyan female boxer who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone" and is ranked number five in the world. She became the first African woman to hold an international title when she beat Ugandan Fiona Tugume to take the vacant WIBF Middleweight title.[2] She also lost out in controversial title fight circumstances to then WBC, and WBA Super middleweight Natascha Ragosina[3] Achieng, a single mother, plays in the middleweight division.
- ^ a b c d "Conjestina Achieng Awakening Profile". Awakeningfighters.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200412200800.html Conjestina wins World Title, allafrica.com, Retrieved 06-09-2012
- ^ Another Bad Decision: Natascha Ragosina Beats Achieng; Stieglitz Returns with a Win "Another Bad Decision: Natascha Ragosina Beats Achieng; Stieglitz Returns with a Win". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2012.