India’s star boxer, 5 times World Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist, Mary Kom was eliminated by Korean boxer Chol Mi Bang in the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia on Friday. However, the day didn’t go so bad for India as three men and one woman advanced to the semi final round of the tournament.
Mary Kom, after making a comeback after one year struggled to make clean punches and that’s where trouble came. Currently 51 kg Mary Kom will now train for 48 kg in the Asian Games in November and for the Commonwealth Games next year.
However, Asian youth silver-medallist Ankush Dahiya (60kg), Strandja Memorial gold-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg), King’s Cup gold-medallist K Shyam Kumar (49kg) and Priyanka Chaudhary (60kg) won their respective quarterfinal bouts in the men’s and women’s draws to make the medal rounds.
While Ankush outpunched Mongolia’s Dulgunn Oyunchimeg, Priyanka got the better of Russia’s Aleksandra Ordina.