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Mary to bid adieu to boxing

Updated on: 30 December,2010 08:56 AM IST  | 
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India's leading female boxer and five times World Boxing champion Mary Kom has announced that she will retire after the London Olympics

Mary to bid adieu to boxing

India's leading female boxeru00a0 and five times World Boxing champion Mary Kom has announced that she will retire after the London Olympics. CS gives you some trivia on this gutsy lady:

>>u00a0When Mary returned from a two-year sabbatical to clinch her fourth successive World Amateur boxing gold in 2008, the AIBA hailed her as 'Magnificent Mary'.

>>u00a0Mary Kom is the only boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships.

>>u00a0She had the honour of bearing the Queen's Baton for the 2010 CWG

>>u00a0Mary initially tried to keep her interest in boxing a secret from her father, M. Tonpu Kom, but he came to know when he saw her picture in the newspaper for winning a championshipu00a0

>> She is a mother of two young children




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