DOHA (Qatar): India’s six-times AIBA Women’s World Champion Mary Kom will lead her country’s challenge at the Asian Men’s & Women’s Boxing Championships in Dubai.
The competition was scheduled to be held in New Delhi (India) but due to the current Covid-19 situation the event has been relocated to Dubai.
Mary is a five-times ASBC Asian Women’s Champion, Asian Games winner and Commonwealth Games gold medallist. She won most of her titles in the light flyweight (48kg) but because of the Olympic weight categories she will compete in the flyweight (51kg).
In the absence of the powerful Chinese, Japanese, DPR Korean and Vietnamese stars of this weight category, Mary Kom could be the main favorite.
She returned to the international stage after one year of a break at the Boxam Tournament this March, where she claimed a bronze medal. Her main rival could be Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay.
