Modesty Napunyi

{{short description|Kenyan boxer}}

{{Infobox boxer

|name=Modesty Napunyi

|image=

|realname=Modest Napunyi Oduori

|nickname=Yushin Napunyi (alias)

|weight=feather/super bantam/ feather/super featherweight

|height=

|reach=

|nationality=Kenyan

|birth_date=13 March 1957

|birth_place=Nairobi, Kenya

|death_date=20 December 2002 (aged 45)

|death_place=Nairobi Hospital, Kenya

|style=Orthodox

|total=22

|wins=15 (KO 9)

|losses=7 (KO 1)

|draws=0

|no contests=

|medaltemplates=

}}

Modesty Napunyi (13 March 1957 — 20 December 2002 (aged 45)) born in Nairobi, was a Kenyan amateur featherweight and professional super bantam/ feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who made his international amateur début in the 1975 Brunner Urafiki tournament[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/urafiki] between Kenya and Uganda, he was voted the best boxer during the 1981 King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, and won the Japanese featherweight title, East & Central African Professional Boxing Federation super bantamweight title, African Boxing Union (ABU) super bantamweight title, ABU featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|122|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. super bantamweight to {{convert|127+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. super featherweight.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=76241&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}