Nevertheless, the gritty Manipuri with an iron fist battled on and is now the country’s most successful female pugilist.u00a0But after making tremendous sacrifices to just get a chance to stand in the ring, the mother of two — like her parents once wished for her — does not want her three-and-a-half-year-old twin boys K Khupneivar and K Rechungar to don the boxing gloves in the future.u00a0

Boxing ace MC Mary Kom u00a0with her mother Mangte Akham Kom at a city hotel yesterday. Pic/Rane Ashish