NEW DELHI: It was once slightly over eight years again on September 18, 2010, in Bridgetown (Barbados) that MC Mary Kom closing featured in a World Championships ultimate. She received the light flyweight (48kg) ultimate in opposition to Steluta Duta of Romania to assert her fifth Worlds crown. Back then, the percentages would not have been in favour of Mary returning to some other ultimate at the age of 35 after giving delivery to three youngsters. Well, she is ‘Magnificent Mary’ to her fans, and if she will cap off an excellent run at the Women’s World Championships right here with a gold medal, they may neatly call her ‘Ageless Mary’.
In Sunday’s 48kg ultimate, Mary will face Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota for an unheard of 6th World name, and the second one in front of home crowd after the 2006 win in New Delhi.
A win would help her spoil a tie with Ireland’s Katie Taylor and draw level with males’s six-time world champion Felix Savon in boxing World Championships historical past.
“I have defeated her at the Silesian Women’s Open tournament in Poland earlier this 12 months within the semifinals. But I'm sure that like my closing opponent within the semis, Hanna could also be going to read and learn about me once more and I have to do the similar for her," said Mary Kom.
"We boxers are like all scholar — we need to keep on revising simply earlier than an important exam,” she added.
There is an age gap of 13 years between the 2 finals warring parties with the Ukrainian boxer being simply 22 years of age. Hanna, sometimes called the ‘Hunter’, is a former European Youth Championships bronze medallist.
“The name Hunter stuck after an announcer mispronounced my name in a tournament. Mary is a sturdy boxer, an Indian star and women’s boxing legend. I’m happy to have a struggle within the ultimate along with her,” the lady from Gorishni Plavni in Ukraine said.
In Sunday’s 48kg ultimate, Mary will face Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota for an unheard of 6th World name, and the second one in front of home crowd after the 2006 win in New Delhi.
A win would help her spoil a tie with Ireland’s Katie Taylor and draw level with males’s six-time world champion Felix Savon in boxing World Championships historical past.
“I have defeated her at the Silesian Women’s Open tournament in Poland earlier this 12 months within the semifinals. But I'm sure that like my closing opponent within the semis, Hanna could also be going to read and learn about me once more and I have to do the similar for her," said Mary Kom.
"We boxers are like all scholar — we need to keep on revising simply earlier than an important exam,” she added.
There is an age gap of 13 years between the 2 finals warring parties with the Ukrainian boxer being simply 22 years of age. Hanna, sometimes called the ‘Hunter’, is a former European Youth Championships bronze medallist.
“The name Hunter stuck after an announcer mispronounced my name in a tournament. Mary is a sturdy boxer, an Indian star and women’s boxing legend. I’m happy to have a struggle within the ultimate along with her,” the lady from Gorishni Plavni in Ukraine said.
'Student' Mary Kom ready for another Worlds title
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