Chap punched by boxer, one from an African country (6)

I believe the answer is:

malian

'one from an african country' is the definition.
(someone from Mali)

'chap punched by boxer' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'punched by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'boxer' becomes 'ali' (Muhammad Ali).
'man' enclosing 'ali' is 'MALIAN'.

(Another definition for malian that I've seen is " Native of a West African country".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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