Mary Kom wins World Boxing Championship
Bridgetown : India’s Mary Kom won her 5th consecutive World Boxing Championsip title, defeating Romania’s Steluta Duta 16-6 in the 48 kg here.
She defended her title.
Earlier, India’s best known woman boxer MC Mary Kom moved into the final defeating Philippines’ Alice Kate Aparri 8-1 in the semifinals.
The mother of two children from India’s northeastern state of Manipur fought her old rival Steluta Duta, who beat Kazakhstan’s Nazgul Boranbayeva 10-5, in other semifinal bout.
India’s Kavita (+81kg) was stopped for a bronze after going down 2-14 to Ukraine’s Kateryna Kuzhel in the semifinals.
Mary Kom is the only boxer to have won a medal in each edition of the World Championship.