Career
Mary Kom won six World Championship golds from Manipur in north-east India, competing at a weight below the Olympic classes for most of her career. She took bronze in London in 2012 in the first women's Olympic boxing tournament.
🥊 Boxing · Light flyweight
Mary Kom
India · 2000–2023
Six amateur world titles — more than any boxer, of any gender.
- 6
- World titles
- 1
- Olympic medals
- 5
- Asian titles
- 8
- World medals
Honours
- Six-time amateur World Champion, a record
- Olympic bronze medallist, 2012
- Asian Games gold medallist, 2014
- Only woman to medal at eight World Championships
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