MC Mary Kom showcased her vigour once more at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. MC Mary Kom storms into World Boxing Championship Finals. She is on course to win her sixth and unexpected gold medal. She beat North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi to reach the 48 kg final.
The 35- year old five-time world champion, Mary Kom storms into World Boxing Championship beat her North Korean opponent. The decision of her victory was a unanimous one given by the five judges. By reaching the finals, she has already become the most successful woman pugilist in history.
Mary Kom storms into World Boxing Championship Finals
MC Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkable medal tally. She had five gold medals and one silver medal under her belt. She last won a World Championship Medal in 2010 – a 48 kg category gold.
Before the World Championship, the Manipuri was tied with Irish legend Katie Taylor (five gold and one bronze) in the number of medals won. If ‘Magnificient Mary’ wins a gold on Saturday, she will match Cuban men’s legend Felix Savon as the joint most successful pugilist in the World Championship history.
Savon won three Olympic gold medals, six gold and one silver in heavyweight in the World Championships between 1986 and 1989. Mary Kom said after the bout, “I have beaten the North Korean opponent in the Asian Championships last year and that time it was a one-sided bout. But win or lose, every boxer always learn and I think she has learnt (from that bout). At the same time I also have learnt and I came prepared to defend and counter. I am happy that I am in the final.”
Mary Kom storms into World Boxing : She added, “My opponent was taller than me and strong also. Taller boxers can have the advantage, they can get inside immediately and come back again. But once inside the ring, I don’t care whether my opponent is tall or not, I play my game and once I know hers, I do my own.”
In the finals, MC Mary Kom will face Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota whom she beat in Poland recently.
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