Magnificent Mary Makes History, Becomes The Only Boxer To Win Record 8 World Championship Medals

After defeating Columbia’s Valencia Victoria 5-0 at the World Women’s Boxing Championship on Wednesday, MC Mary Kom added an unprecedented eighth World Cup medal to her tally.

This makes her the most successful athlete in the history of the competition.

Indian Express

Defeating Victoria in the (51 kg) quarter-final, Mary Kom has now guaranteed her 8th World Cup medal, but her first ever in this category, reports Hindustan Times.

This takes her beyond Cuba’s Felix Savon (7 medals) and Ireland’s Katie Taylor (6 medals).

Mary has 6 gold medals and a silver in the 48 kg category but this will be her first in the 51 kg category.

Deccan Chronicle

Apart from 7 world cup medals, the southpaw from Manipur also secured an Olympic bronze medal in 2012, five Asian titles, besides other international honours in the Commonwealth games.

Rediff

Mary Kom will face second-seeded Turk Busenaz Cakiroglu in the semi-final on Saturday.

Cakiroglu is the reigning European champion and European Games gold-medallist.

T24

A mother of two children, Mary Kom is a name that comes to everyone’s mind whenever someone mentions the world’s best female athletes or particularly mentions boxing.

Not only a credible figure in Indian Boxing, Mary Kom has been an inspiration for women dreaming to achieve big in any field of sport.

She The People

Twitter echoed the sentiment and hailed Mary for her legendary feat.

Apart from being a wonderful ambassador of the game, Mary Kom has also been the recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.