Mary Kom won her fifth Asian Boxing Championships title by beating Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim on Wednesday. In a fiercely-contested final in Ho Chi Min City, Mary Kom won by 5-0 unanimous decision ending her gold medal drought in international competitions since Asian Games 2014.
The five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist, unlike her previous bouts, got a competitive rival. The earlier bouts, Mary used the opening three minutes were invariably spent measuring up the rival, but on Wednesday both the Mary Kom and Hyang Mi were lunging at each other within seconds of the bell going off.  Mary Kom scored for her ringcraft, which included some fine footwork to outpace Hyang Mi at crucial junctures.

Mary Kom won her fifth Asian Boxing Championships title by beating Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim on Wednesday. In a fiercely-contested final in Ho Chi Min City, Mary Kom won by 5-0 unanimous decision ending her gold medal drought in international competitions since Asian Games 2014.
The five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist, unlike her previous bouts, got a competitive rival. The earlier bouts, Mary used the opening three minutes were invariably spent measuring up the rival, but on Wednesday both the Mary Kom and Hyang Mi were lunging at each other within seconds of the bell going off.  Mary Kom scored for her ringcraft, which included some fine footwork to outpace Hyang Mi at crucial junctures.