Games dream knocked out

Egemen Keleser had mixed results at a Commonwealth Games qualifying event recently. Picture: Supplied
Tym Glaser

EGEMEN Keleser’s 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games dream was snuffed out at the AIS’s Combat Centre last month, but the Mildura light heavyweight has ridden that blow and remains as keen as ever to fight on. Keleser, ranked among the country’s top six amateurs in his weight class, went to the trials with great expectations but […]

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