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Mary Kom wins World Boxing Championship

Written by IWK Bureau | Sep 19, 2010 12:06:42 PM

Bridgetown: India's Mary Kom  won her 5th consecutive World Boxing Championsip title, defeating Romania's Steluta Duta 16-6 in the 48 kg here.

She defended her title.

Earlier, India's best known woman boxer MC Mary Kom moved into the final defeating Philippines'  Alice Kate Aparri 8-1 in the semifinals.

The mother of two from India's northeastern state of Manipur fought her old rival  Steluta Duta, who beat Kazakhstan's Nazgul Boranbayeva 10-5, in other semifinal bout.
 
India's Kavita (+81kg) was stopped for a bronze after going down 2-14 to Ukraine's Kateryna Kuzhel in the semifinals.
 
Mary Kom is the only boxer to have won a medal in each edition of the World Championship.