When women’s boxing appeared at the Olympics Games, in over a hundred years of the games’ existence, very little arguments were made against the possibility of a medal by a certain Indian hope in the flyweight category. For the women’s event entered the competition for the first time after the mens’[Read More…]
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Women’s World Boxing Championship: Mary Kom bags her sixth gold
Mary Kom, India’s legendary boxer has added another yellow coloured metal to her already heavy kitty. The Commonwealth gold medallist first defeated North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi in the Semifinals. In the finals, she was pitted against Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota. The same Hanna Okhota whom she had beaten not so[Read More…]
Mary Kom enters World Championship Semis, medal assured
Mary Kom registered a thumping victory of 5-0 against China’s boxer, Wu Yu. With this win, the Padma Bhushan winner Olympic medallist has assured at least a medal in the World Boxing Championship. She will compete in the Semi-Finals against North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi with the hope clinching yet[Read More…]