“I dared to dream big inspite of my humble beginnings.” MC Mary Kom says this towards the end of her slim autobiography “Unbreakable”. She has battled dengue, hard lockdowns and long stretches of no training last year, trained through mastitis after her twins were born in 2007, stayed away from her newborns for months--as they got older, they would ask …
M. C. Mary Kom elevated her star status by adding a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics to her rich collection of five world titles that she had gathered by then. As women’s boxing made its debut at the London Games, Mary earned a podium finish in the 51kg weight category to become the first female boxer from India …
Five Indian women, including six-time world champion MC May Kom, entered the gold medal round of the Asian Boxing Championship. Lalbuatsaihi entered the gold medal round of the women’s 64kg after she outplayed Kuwait’s Noura Almutairi. Earlier, Mary Kom provided a flying start to India by scoring a 4-1 win against Mongolia’s Latsaikhan Altantsetseg to enter the gold medal round …
The last time Mary Kom reached the World Championships final was way back in 2010 and against an opponent like Steluta Duta of Romania, majority of the experts did not give her a chance. Mary Kom of India gestures with her gold medal after winning the 45-48 kg category final fight at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in …