He quit a Sh20m job, shed 65kg and now fighting pays the bills

Muay Thai fighter and coach Kimani Macharia stretches during training at the VMX gym Village Market on May 7, 2026.


Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Kimani Macharia weighed 150 kilos the day he walked away from his second well-paying job in less than a year.

He doesn’t look like that man anymore. He sports an impressive, lean and chiselled body that is hard to miss. Towering at 6 feet 2, he now weighs 85 kilos, thanks to a not-so-common fitness regime.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.