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Mary to bid adieu to boxing

India's leading female boxer and five times World Boxing champion Mary Kom has announced that she will retire after the London Olympics

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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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